Learning through Reading: A Handbook of Literature-based Lessons for ESL A Field Project written by Lota Rygiel in the spring of 2016. This project is a handbook of lessons for adult ESL students at intermediate or advanced proficiency levels of English as a Second Language. The handbook offers the use of authentic materials in the form of short stories and poems in English. The authentic materials serve as a challenge to students (Krashen's \"i + 1\" level): with careful guidance of the instructor they will be interesting and meaningful to students. The use of various literary genres corresponds to the different learning styles of students (based on Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory). The author hopes that incorporating lessons based on authentic literary material supplemented by audio-visual presentations will lower the affective filter of students and promote successful learning of ESL.
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