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Teaching The Literature Of Today's Middle East, Allen Webb, David Alvarez, Blain Auer, Monica Eraqi, Jeffrey Patterson, Vivan Steemers Sep 2014

Teaching The Literature Of Today's Middle East, Allen Webb, David Alvarez, Blain Auer, Monica Eraqi, Jeffrey Patterson, Vivan Steemers

Vivan Steemers

Providing a gateway into the real literature emerging from the Middle East, this book shows teachers how to make the topic authentic, powerful, and relevant. Teaching the Literature of Today’s Middle East: • Introduces teachers to this literature and how to teach it • Brings to the reader a tremendous diversity of teachable texts and materials by Middle Eastern writers • Takes a thematic approach that allows students to understand and engage with the region and address key issues • Includes stories from the author’s own classroom, and shares student insight and reactions • Utilizes contemporary teaching methods, including cultural …