Children's Literature in Second Language Education. (2013)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Children's Literature in Second Language Education. (2013)
- Main Title:
- Children's Literature in Second Language Education
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Janice Bland and Christiane Lütge.
- Editors:
- Bland, Janice
Lütge, Christiane, 1969- - Contents:
- 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 adultCover; 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. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London New York : Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 809/.89282071
Children's literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
Children -- Books and reading
Second language acquisition -- Study and teaching
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
Children -- Books and reading
Children's literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
Second language acquisition -- Study and teaching
Electronic book
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781441129789
1441129782
9781441182760
1441182764 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781441183521
1441183523
1472576276
9781472576279 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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