Language and literature are traditionally seen as distinct areas of the curriculum. This study shows how they can be mutually supporting and enriching. Covering the most recent research and developments in classroom practice, it looks at ways in which the curriculum can be reshaped to integrate both areas. A practical, classroom-based approach, which makes use of a wide range of real-life case studies.

General Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction.1. Look both ways before crossing: developments in the language and literature classroom, Ronald Carter2. Representational language learning: from language awareness to text awareness, John McRae3. Stylistics 'upside down': using stylistic analysis in the teaching of language and literature, Mick Short 4. Designing group work activities: a case study, Alan Durant5. Reconstructing and deconstructing: drama texts in the classroom, Michael McCarthy6. That's for your poetry book!, Alan Maley7. Picking holes: close procedures in prose, Anita Weston8. Learner autonomy and literature teaching, Barbara Sinclair9. Making the subtle difference: literature and non-literature in the classroom, Guy Cook10. 'Interfacing' language and literature: with special reference to the teaching of British cultural studies, Mao Sihui11. 'Viewer, I married him': literature through video, Anthony Jennings12. Common ground; incorporating new literatures in English in language and literature teaching, Malachi Edwin VethamaniBibliographyIndex