Children's Literature and Learner Empowerment : Children and Teenagers in English Language Education

Children's Literature Can Be A Powerful Way To Encourage And Empower Efl Students But Is Less Commonly Used In The Classroom Than Adult Literature. This Text Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To Children's And Young Adult Literature In Efl Teaching. It Demonstrates The Complexity Of Children's Literature And How It Can Encourage An Active Community Of Second Language Readers: With Multilayered Picturebooks, Fairy Tales, Graphic Novels And Radical Young Adult Fiction. It Examines The Opportunities Of Children's Literature In Efl Teacher Education, Including: The Intertexuality Of Children's Literature As A Gate-opener For Canonised Adult Literature; The Rich Patterning Of Children's Literature Supporting Creative Writing; The Potential Of Interactive Drama Projects. Close Readings Of Texts At The Centre Of Contemporary Literary Scholarship, Yet Largely Unknown In The Efl World, Provide An Invaluable Guide For Teacher Educators And Student Teachers, Including Works By David Almond, Anthony Browne, Philip Pullman And J.k.rowling. Introducing A Range Of Genres And Their Significance For Efl Teaching, This Study Makes An Important New Approach Accessible For Efl Teachers, Student Teachers And Teacher Educators. Introduction : The Efl-literature Classroom -- Pt. 1. Visual Literacy In The Efl-literature Classroom -- Pt. 2. Literary Literacy In The Efl-literature Classroom -- Pt. 3. Critical Cultural Literacy In The Efl-literature Classroom. Janice Bland. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 299-326) And Index. Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction: The EFL-Literature Classroom Implications of ever-younger EFL classrooms Well-crafted versus poorly crafted texts, language and content The literacy spectrum Reading as empowerment Part 1 Visual Literacy in the EFL-Literature Classroom Chapter 2 Developing the Mind’s Eye with Picturebooks The challenge of children’s multimodal literary texts Literacy and picturebooks A cumulative progression in the EFL-literature classroom The scope of picturebooks Note Chapter 3 Bridging a Curricular Gap with Graphic Novels The contribution of graphic novels in the EFL-literature classroom The emotional homelessness of adolescence and the home/away/home story Developing literary skills with lower intermediate learners: Baum and Cavallaro’s The Wizard of Oz: The Graphic Novel Part 2 Literary Literacy in the EFL-Literature Classroom Chapter 4 Postmodern Fairy Tales: Co-constructing Meaning Stepping-stones to co-constructing meaning Gaining confidence as perceptive ‘gap’ readers with literary texts The literature canon and schema-refreshing discourse The motivational power of excess An exemplar for teacher education: Scieszka and Smith’s The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! By A. Wolf Note Chapter 5 The Poetry of Children’s Literature and Creative Writing Children’s oral culture: A challenge to the language/literature dichotomy Language patterning in children’s literature: The form/meaning dichotomy Note Chapter 6 Children’s Plays: Beyond the Oracy/Literacy Dichotomy Drama processes Play, plays and performance Plays for children Part 3 Critical Cultural Literacy in the EFL-Literature Classroom Chapter 7 Radical Children’s Literature and Engaged Reading Arguments for engaged reading with children’s literature Global issues and children’s literature FREE? Stories About Human Rights in the EFL-literature classroom Note Chapter 8 Harry Potter and Critical Cultural Literacy Extensive reading with Harry Potter Intensive reading: The ‘English Literature Canon’ versus Harry Potter in the EFL-literature classroom Empowerment of the reader with Harry Potter Looking at character in Harry Potter Harry Potter and global issues Notes Conclusion Bibliography References Index Annotation Children's literature can be a powerful way to encourage and empower EFL students but is less commonly used in the classroom than adult literature. This text provides a comprehensive introduction to children's and young adult literature in EFL teaching. It demonstrates the complexity of children's literature and how it can encourage an active community of second language readers: with multilayered picturebooks, fairy tales, graphic novels and radical young adult fiction. It examines the opportunities of children's literature in EFL teacher education, including: the intertexuality of children's literature as a gate-opener for canonised adult literature; the rich patterning of children's literature supporting Creative Writing; the potential of interactive drama projects. Close readings of texts at the centre of contemporary literary scholarship, yet largely unknown in the EFL world, provide an invaluable guide for teacher educators and student teachers, including works by David Almond, Anthony Browne, Philip Pullman and J.K.Rowling. Introducing a range of genres and their significance for EFL teaching, this study makes an important new approach accessible for EFL teachers, student teachers and teacher educators Children's literature can be a powerful way to encourage and empower EFL students but is less commonly used in the classroom than adult literature. This text provides a comprehensive introduction to children's and young adult literature in EFL teaching. It demonstrates the complexity of children's literature and how it can encourage an active community of second language readers: with multilayered picturebooks, fairy tales, graphic novels and radical young adult fiction. It examines the opportunities of children's literature in EFL teacher education, including: the intertexuality of children's literature as a gate-opener for canonised adult literature; the rich patterning of children's literature supporting Creative Writing; the potential of interactive drama projects. Close readings of texts at the centre of contemporary literary scholarship, yet largely unknown in the EFL world, provide an invaluable guide for teacher educators and student teachers, including works by David Almond, Anthony Browne, Philip Pullman and J.K. Rowling. Introducing a range of genres and their significance for EFL teaching, this study makes an important new approach accessible for EFL teachers, student teachers and teacher educators