No. 67 (2017): Southern Archive (philological sciences)
Romanic, Germanic and Oriental languages

WAYS OF USING FICTION IN TEACHING ESP

Published 2017-04-24

Keywords

  • reading,
  • fiction,
  • to select the text,
  • reading stages
  • читання,
  • художня література,
  • вибір тексту,
  • етапи читання

Abstract

The article deals with reading as one of the aspects in teaching ESP. Special attention is paid to fiction, how to select the appropriate text for reading; the list of selection criteria has been proposed. Three reading stages are overviewed and analyzed. A whole range of activities based on novels at all reading stages can be used in the classroom.

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