Learning English Through Detective Fiction
Daisy C. S. Catalan
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Teacher Bibliography
Brandvik, Mary Lou English Teachers' Survival Guide. West Nyack, New York: The Center for Applied Research in Education, 1994
A useful resource about successful approaches and techniques in teaching English and classroom management.
Curriculum Units by Fellows of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, New Haven, Connecticut.
Celotto, Elizabeth History/Mystery: Regionalism and Ethnicity in the American Detective Novel. Volume I, 1982
A unit on the structure of American mystery novel and awareness of detective books from different American ethnic population. It emphasizes the importance of geography, climate and some social factors that influence regionalism in the United States.
Greene, Pamela. Sherlock Holmes: Teaching English Through Detective Fiction. Volume IV, 1989
A unit that gives information and strategies for teaching English to low level students through the study of Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories.
Marshall, Jane K. American Detectives on TV and in Books. Volume IV, 1989
A unit that pairs viewing television shows and reading novels of American detective fiction leading the student to critique each medium with regard to the entertainment value and educational usefulness.
Kay, Judith and Gelshenen, Rosemary. America Writes. New York, New York: St Martin's Press Inc., 1997
A text that offers a combination of literature and grammatical review geared to meet the needs of advanced English As A Second Language student.
Reid, Joy M. Teaching ESL Writing. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Regents, 1993
A good text that provides essential background information, practices and activities for a teacher who is becoming an English As A Second Language writing teacher.
