Compelling Stories for English Language Learners : Creativity, Interculturality and Critical Literacy / Janice Bland

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janice Bland., author.

Language:

Undetermined

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic. 2022

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This bThis book is a comprehensive and thorough introduction to children's and young adult literature in English language education. Reading is promoted as central to language education in order to experience perspectives from around the world, and the book demonstrates the many opportunities for teaching with compelling story, encouraging an active and engaged community of second language readers through challenging picturebooks, motivating graphic novels, dynamic plays, enchanting verse novels and compelling young adult fiction. Using many examples of literary texts that are well suited to the primary or secondary classroom, the book focuses on the advantages of deep reading and the vital importance of in-depth learning. In-depth learning is an approach that involves the students as motivated participants, working collaboratively and with empathy while preparing for and confronting the challenges of the 21st century. Illustrating the approach with a Deep Reading Framework based in research and theory, Janice Bland guides the reader to discover and learn how to make use of literary texts in a way that challenges students to become involved in interculturality, creativity and critical literacy. Throughout the book the emphasis is on an approach that puts the reader and language learner in the centre - not a study of literature but a study of how readers learn through compelling story.ok is a comprehensive and thorough introduction to children's and young adult literature in English language education. Reading is promoted as central to language education in order to experience perspectives from around the world, and the book demonstrates the many opportunities for teaching with compelling story, encouraging an active and engaged community of second language readers through challenging picturebooks, motivating graphic novels, dynamic plays, enchanting verse novels and compelling young adult fiction. Using many examples of literary texts that are well suited to the primary or secondary classroom, the book focuses on the advantages of deep reading and the vital importance of in-depth learning. In-depth learning is an approach that involves the students as motivated participants, working collaboratively and with empathy while preparing for and confronting the challenges of the 21st century. Illustrating the approach with a Deep Reading Framework based in research and theory, Janice Bland guides the reader to discover and learn how to make use of literary texts in a way that challenges students to become involved in interculturality, creativity and critical literacy. Throughout the book the emphasis is on an approach that puts the reader and language learner in the centre - not a study of literature but a study of how readers learn through compelling story.

Contents:

Preface

Part I: The Place of Children's Literature with English Language Learners

1. A Literary Apprenticeship: Engagement with Story

2. Interculturality: Engagement with Diversity

3. Literature with English Language Learners: Engagement with Language

Part II: Visual Literacy and Interculturality

4. Early Steps in Literature Learning with Picturebooks

5. Refugee Literature as Visual Narrative

6. The Grandeur of Graphic Novels

Part III: Participation in Literature and Creativity

7. Responding to Literature with Creative Writing

8. Experiential Learning with Plays and Drama

9. The Versatility of Verse Novels

Part IV: In-Depth Learning and Critical Literacy

10. Encountering Global Issues in the Storyworld

11. Speculative Fiction for Deep Reading

12. Conclusions for Teacher Education

Part V: Glossary of Key Terms

ISBN:

9781350190016

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9781350190016 doi.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.