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Publication details [#51933]

Spencer, Brenda and Dorothea Boshoff. 2008. The role of narrative input in the New Headway ESL course books. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 39 (2) : 262–279.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

audience | literature | narrative | second language acquisition | textbook

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study demonstrates that the incorporation of narrative in New Headway English Second Language course books constitutes a pedagogically informed decision to use the benefits of literature whilst simultaneously catering to a highly heterogeneous customer base of international ESL learners.