Literature and language learning in the EFL classroom. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Masayuki Teranishi, University of Hyogo, Japan ; Yoshifumi Saito, University of Tokyo, Japan ; Katie Wales, University of Nottingham, UK.
• Editors: Teranishi, Masayuki; Saitō, Yoshifumi, 1958-; Wales, Katie
• Contents: Introduction; Masayuki Teranishi, Yoshifumi Saito and Katie Wales; PART I: CURRENT ISSUES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW APPROACHES; 1. Recent Developments in Uses of Literature in Language Teaching; Geoff Hall; 2. Literary Texts as Authentic Materials for Language Learning: The Current Situation in Japan; Kazuko Takahashi; 3. Bridging the Gap between L1 Education and L2 Education; Aiko Saito; 4. From Reading to Writing: Creative Stylistics as a Methodology for Bridging the Gap between Literary Appreciation and Creative Writing in ELT; Yoshifumi Saito; 5. Unpacking and Evaluating Properties in Conceptual Metaphor Domain Mapping: Cognitive Stylistics as a Language Learning Tool; Michael Burke; 6. Playing with Words and Pictures: Using Post-modernist Picturebooks as a Resource with Teenage and Adult Language Learners; Gillian Lazar; PART II: EMPIRICAL AND CASE STUDIES; 7. Achievement Tests for Literary Reading in General EFL Reading Courses; Takayuki Nishihara; 8. A Stylistic Approach to Digital Texts: Teaching Literary Texts Through New Media; Soichiro Oku; 9. The Effects of Literary Texts on Students' Sentence Recognition: Translation Tasks and Comprehension Tasks; Tomohide Ishihara and Akira Ono; 10. Benefits of Teaching Speech/Thought Presentation: Developing Language Awareness Through Reading Austen and Eliot; Tetsuko Nakamura; 11. Teaching English Novels in the EFL Classroom; Masayuki Teranishi; 12. Using Short Stories in University Composition Classrooms; Kyoko Kuze; 13. Translation of Japanese Poems into English: Literature in the First Language as a Motive to Communication in a Second Language; Kiyo Sakamoto; 14. Literary Reading Circles and Short Essay Activities for English Learning Among Medical Students; Yuka Kusanagi; 15. The Role of Literature in Foreign Language Learning; Masako Nasu; 16. The First Step towards a Critical Perspective:The Practice of Evidence-based Explanation of a Literary Text in Book Clubs; Hiroko Sugimura; 17. The Use of a Literary Text in an Extensive Reading Programme: Reading Murakami's 'Super-Frog Saves Tokyo' in the World Café; Motoko Fukaya; 18. Increasing Motivation and Building Bridges to Content with Graded Readers; Mark D. Sheehan; 19. Pedagogical Stylistics in an ELT Teacher Training Setting: A Case Study; Marina Lambrou; Epilogue; Ronald Carter; ; ; ;
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (360 pages), (42 illustrations)
• Subjects: 428.007/052; Teaching Methods & Materials/General; English language -- Study and teaching -- Japanese speakers; English language -- Study and teaching -- Japanese students; Literature -- Study and teaching; Interdisciplinary approach in education; Reading -- Language experience approach; English as a Second Language; Teaching skills & techniques; English language teaching (ELT)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137443670; 1137443677
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.