James Franco turns lecturer

Los Angeles: American actor James Franco has taken up a lecturer`s job at Yale University.

The "Spider Man" star has agreed to teach his own "very special class" at the facility next January. And that`s not all, the actor will also be studying at the prestigious university to obtain his doctorate in English and film studies, reports aceshowbiz.com. "I am going to teach at Yale. It`s in the works. I have a very special class I will be teaching next January," he said. Franco, who has previously studied filmmaking at New York University and earned a master of fine arts diploma from Columbia, didn`t reveal what subject he will be teaching. IANS