Authentic Texts and real-world Activities in the Classroom basically responds to the who, what, why and how of authentic (literary) texts and activities in the classroom. Authentic Texts and real-world Activities in the Classroom offers: the theoretical and historical grounding of authenticity in the classroom ideas on how to cope with the challenge of teaching literature an essential introduction to language learning techniques and strategies for reading, listening, writing and speaking possibilities how to organise the classroom (students on their own, pair work, group work, whole class teaching) photocopiable real-world and pedagogical language activities based on literary texts a classroom investigation In other words: A concrete and practical guide for students, teachers and trainee teachers of English as a second language.