Engaging multilingual students through the power of literature | 2022 Literature Symposium

The role of rich literature in providing socio-cultural insights into the majority English-Speaking culture of Australia is unequalled in teaching English-Additional-Language and Dialect learners. The use of Literature in the teaching and learning program of EAL/D students provides both the context and purpose to learn and use English for communication and academic learning. Engaging EAL/D students with quality literature and its deep meanings, allows EAL/D students to maintain cognitive growth while learning how to use and operate in and through a new language and its associated world view.