Children's Literature in Second Language Education / edited by Janice Bland and Christiane Lütge.

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Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction Janice Bland; Why use children's literature in language education at primary and secondary school?; What hinders the use of children's literature in language education?; Children's culture in teacher education; Approaching children's literature in second language education; Part One Extensive Reading with Children's Literature; 2 Free Reading: Still a Great Idea Stephen Krashen; Readers read better; Readers know more; The cognitive benefits of reading; Are readers nerds?

Controlling for background variablesEncouraging reading; Natural partners; Access!!; Conclusions; 3 Efficient Use of Literature in Second Language Education: Free Reading and Listening to Stories Beniko Mason; Study 1: Mason, B. and Krashen, S. (1997). Extensive reading in English as a foreign language; Study 2: Mason, B. (2004). The effect of adding supplementary writing to an extensive reading programme; Study 3: Mason, B. (2005). Vocabulary acquisition through storytelling: Story listening versus list learning.

Study 4: Mason, B. and Krashen, S. (2004). Is form-focused vocabulary instruction worth while?Study Series 5: Mason, B., Vanata, M., Jander, K., Borsch, R. and Krashen, S. (2009). The effects and efficiency of hearing stories on vocabulary acquisition by students of German as a second foreign language in Japan; Study 6: Mason, B. (2007). The efficiency of self-selected reading and hearing stories on adult second language acquisition; Study 7: Mason, B. (2006). Free voluntary reading and autonomy in second language acquisition: Improving TOEFL scores from reading alone.

Study 8: Mason, B. (2011). Impressive gains on the TOEIC after one year of comprehensible input, with no output or grammar studySummary and conclusion; 4 Extensive Reading of Picturebooks in Primary EFL Annika Kolb; Extensive reading at primary school?; The picturebook project; Data collection; Exploring picturebooks -- some findings; Conclusion; 5 Free Space: An Extensive Reading Project in a Flemish School Johan Strobbe; Idea behind the project; Why teenage fiction?; Procedure of the project; Some conclusions; Part Two Visual Literacy with Picturebooks and Graphic Novels in ELT.

6 Approaching Literary and Language Competence: Picturebooks and Graphic Novels in the EFL Classroom Eva Burwitz-MelzerDefining the claim: Literacy, literary literacy and visual literacy; Some characteristics of picturebooks and graphic novels; Graphic novels; Picturebooks and graphic novels -- blurred boundaries; Competences and learning objectives; Two examples for the classroom; Consequences for teacher education; 7 Picturebook: Object of Discovery Sandie Mourão; The picturebook as object; Picturebook anatomy; Picturebook peritext in research and resource materials.

Bringing together leading scholars and teacher educators from across the world, from Europe and the USA to Asia, this book presents the latest research and new perspectives into the uses of children's literature in second language teaching for children and young adults. Children's Literature in Second Language Education covers such topics as extensive reading, creative writing in the language classroom, the use of picturebooks and graphic novels in second language teaching and the potential of children's literature in promoting intercultural education. The focus throughout the book is on creat.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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