Includes bibliographical references and index.

For teachers and trainers who want to incorporate literature into the language classroom. A resource for trainers working with groups of teachers. Explores different approaches to using literature with learners of all levels.; suggests criteria for selecting and evaluating materials for classroom use; identifies some of the distinctive features of novels, short stories, poems and plays so that these can be successfully exploited in the classroom and provides a wide range of ideas and activities for developing materials which teachers can use with their own classes.