向ESL新生教授短篇小说,无论对于提高学生的语言技能还是作为一种使学生略知英文文学的方法,可能是不无裨益的经验.遗憾的是,适合于将ESL新生引入英文文学领域的可用教材几乎无所可得;在一本完全适合的教材问世以前,教师唯一可行的办法便是自行编选一册短篇小说集.这样做,才保证得了短篇小说中的词汇和内容符合教学要求。颇遭人们忽视的短篇小说提供了极好的机会,使我们脱出ESL教材的俗套,进入趣味盎然、美不 Short stories taught to freshmen at ESL may not be of any help to improve students’ language skills or as a way to make their English language literary know-how, and unfortunately, are suitable for bringing ESL freshmen into the field of English literature Until almost a complete textbook is available, the only way for teachers to do this is to compile a collection of short stories by themselves, in order to ensure that the vocabulary and content of the short story meet the teaching requirements. The short stories that people overlooked provide an excellent opportunity to take us out of the stereotypes of ESL teaching materials and enter the interesting, beautiful