Using literature in English language education : challenging reading for 8-18 year olds

Using literature in English language education : challenging reading for 8-18 year olds / edited by Janice Bland

Covering Green's The Fault in Our Stars, Collins' The Hunger Games, Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Rowling's Wizarding World, Staake's Bluebird and Winton's Lockie Leonard, contributors consider how literature can be used for teaching literary literacy, creati...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2018.
©2018
Subjects:
Reading (Elementary)
Reading (Secondary)
Children's literature, English > History and criticism.
English literature > Study and teaching (Elementary)
English literature > Study and teaching (Secondary)
Reading (Primary)
Children's literature, English
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the challenge of literature / Janice Bland
  • The graphic novel: Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wonderstruck and The Marvels / Marek Oziewicz
  • Playscript and screenplay: Creativity with J.K. Rowling's wizarding world / Janice Bland
  • The wordless picturebook: Literacy in multilingual contexts and David Wiesner's worlds / Evelyn Arizpe and Sadie Ryan
  • The picturebook in elementary ELT: multiple literacies with Bob Staake's bluebird / Gail Ellis
  • Story apps: the challenge of interactivity / Sonja Brunsmeier and Annika Kolb
  • Transmedial reading: Tim Winton's Lockie Leonard trilogy
  • Literature in language education: challenges for theory building / Werner Delanoy
  • Diversity in love-themed fiction: John Green's The Fault in Our Stars and David Levithan's Princes / Johanna Marks and Thorsten Merse
  • Popular culture head on: Suzzane Collins's The Hunger Games / Janice Bland
  • Thought experiments with science fiction: Ursula Le Guin's The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas / Jürgen Wehrmann
  • Environmental havoc in teen fiction: speculating futures / Jean Webb
  • Hamlet, Ophelia and teenage rage: Michael Lesslie's Prince of Denmark / Tzina Kalogirou
  • Negotiating the challenges of reading literature: teachers reporting on their practice / Sam Duncan and Amos Paran
  • Afterword: thoughts on the way ahead / Geoff Hall.

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