Nicholas Onyango Oloo

Teaching Effective Reading of Imaginative Texts in Esl / Efl Context: a Transactional and Communicative Approach Nicholas Onyango Oloo

Teaching reading of imaginative texts in ESL/EFL context poses great challenges to both the teachers and the learners. In most cases, reading imaginative texts is treated in the same way as reading other information based texts which are non-imaginative in nature. Reading imaginative texts is not just an information gathering exercise. It requires the reader to use the faculties of imagination and thinking. It involves the reader's experiences and feelings. This book explicitly explores and recommends a transactional and communicative reading instructional approaches which are transactional, student centered and communicative based. From the experiences of teachers and students these approaches have been found to be very effective in teaching reading of imaginative texts in ESL/EFL contexts. This book is very useful to both the teachers and the learners in understanding and developing effective strategies for reading imaginative texts in ESL/EFL context.