The Art of English: Reading, Writing and Speaking across Genres and Formats

Literary Horizons is a comprehensive language arts material for advanced ESL students. Through a well-defined path, students will engage in the analysis of various literary genres including short stories, plays, poems, songs, speeches and graphic novels. Grammar and writing support is also provided to assist students in the production of a literary analysis essay.

Highlights

• A focus on short stories with a complete coverage of poetry and drama, as well as songs, graphic novels and non-fiction which provide teachers with variety and flexibility in their literary courses
• A detailed and structured writing program which enables students to write a complete literary analysis essay
• A comprehensive online program with reading and vocabulary exercises, and a full online grammar program

E-space
Get Connected > Practise > Succeed

E-space offers students further practice in reading comprehension, vocabulary and grammar as they work through the coursebook.

• Supplementary reading comprehension and vocabulary activities
• 100% online grammar with self-graded activities
• Elements of Analysis for each literary genre

For teachers:

• eText for in-class presentation
• Answer key with additional notes
• Projects
• One extra short story and one additional play for variety or testing
• Rubrics for evaluating writing
• Complete LMS with gradetracker

• Literary Horizons - Table of contents

• Literary Horizons - Extract

​Andy Van Drom has an MA in Language and Literature from the University of Antwerp (Belgium). He has completed doctoral studies in Linguistics at Université Laval (Québec), including a research visit at Lancaster University (UK). Since 2005, he has been teaching Linguistics and ESL at the college and university level, specializing in English for Specific Purposes.