The English Connection Literature Reader - 3

The English Connection, an integrated skills course, highlights the holistic approach to language teaching and learning. The underlying principles of language learning advocated by the CBSE, i.e., learner autonomy, reflective thinking, creativity, and interactive learning, have been incorporated into the pedagogy that is embedded in the course content of the series.

The main features of the book are as follows:

1. A wide range of poetry and prose from different literary genres to develop comprehension skills.

2. A carefully graded grammar syllabus with structures, comprehensive rules, and tasks that lead to its usage.

3. A study skills section on spelling, pronunciation, dictionary research, and punctuation

4. Writing tasks to promote creative, imaginative, and critical thinking skills

5. Projects to develop interpersonal and reference skills as well as the ability to process information

Table of Contents:

1. Story - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp—The Arabian Nights

2. Story - How the Tiger Got Its Stripes—Vietnamese folk tale

Poem- After the Party—William Wise

3. Story- Stone Soup—European folk tale

4. Drama -The Bremen Town Musicians—Grimm’s fairy tale

Poem - Mother Doesn’t Want a Dog— Judith Viorst

5. Story- The Magic Pot—Grimm’s fairy tale

6. Story The Three Men of Gotham— English folk tale

Poem-Try Again—William Hickson

7. Story - The Pied Piper of Hamelin—Grimm’s fairy tale