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...Which is why the EFL teacher needs to adopt an extensive reading program. See Richard Day and Julian Bamford's seminal book for advice on how to do it.

When assessing literature, you're walking into quicksand. But suffice it to say that the first question any teacher should ask himself is: "What do I wish to ascertain about student knowledge from this test?" Or, more importantly, "What is worth knowing about what students have learned from their re...

New Criticism, or the New Critical approach, has been around for seven decades and appears to be dying a slow death, if it is dying at all. It's underlying assumption is that each work of literature must be judged on its own merits or, rather, appreciated for its intrinsic aesthetic value. Indeed, i...

As a curriculum specialist whose research centers on the use of literature with secondary and tertiary level Chinese EFL students, I'm a bit dismayed by some of the misperceptions out there concerning this approach. Richard Day, an expert in extensive reading and professor in the world-renowned Seco...

Unless I missed it, you haven't indicated the age and language level of students you are teaching. That would help to steer you in the right direction. I am a specialist in teaching literature in EFL, if it helps to know.