Beyond Entertainment: Novels and Film Adaptations in the ESL/EFL Classroom

Abstract

This article explores techniques for use with longer works of literature and their film versions. Activities include discussions and writing assignments exploring the content of the selected novel or play, whole language exercises combining skill practice with social interactions, a video project allowing students to assume the roles of actors and crew members in their own production of the novel or play, and language learning tasks accompanying the viewing of the novel's or play's movie adaptation.