Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 IntroductionJanice Bland -- Why use childrens literature in language education at primary and secondary school? -- What hinders the use of childrens literature in language education? -- Childrens culture in teacher education -- Approaching childrens literature in second language education -- Part One Extensive Reading with Childrens Literature -- 2 Free Reading: Still a Great IdeaStephen Krashen -- Readers read better -- Readers know more -- The cognitive benefits of reading -- Are readers nerds? -- Controlling for background variables -- Encouraging reading -- Natural partners -- Access!! -- Conclusions -- 3 Efficient Use of Literature in Second Language Education: Free Reading and Listening to StoriesBeniko 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 study -- Summary and conclusion.

4 Extensive Reading of Picturebooks in Primary EFLAnnika 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 ClassroomEva Burwitz-Melzer -- Defining 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 DiscoverySandie Mouro -- The picturebook as object -- Picturebook anatomy -- Picturebook peritext in research and resource materials -- Picturebook peritexts in action -- Concluding comments -- 8 Fairy Tales with a Difference: Creating a Continuum from Primary to Secondary ELTJanice Bland -- Introduction -- Information gaps and postmodern texts -- And they all lived happily ever after -- Part Three Intercultural Encounters with Childrens Literature -- 9 Otherness in Childrens Literature. Perspectives for the EFL ClassroomChristiane Ltge -- Introduction -- Otherness in second language education -- Encounters with otherness in childrens and young adult literature -- David Almonds Skellig -- Otherness turned magic: Rowlings Harry Potter -- Perspectives for the EFL classroom -- 10 Doing Identity, Doing Culture: Transcultural Learning through Young Adult Fiction Susanne Reichl -- Introduction.

The theory: Culture, identity, understanding and young adult literature -- An ideal learning process? -- Select young adult fiction for transcultural learning -- Conclusion -- 11 Developing Intercultural Competence by Studying Graphic NarrativesCarola Hecke -- ICC and how it can be measured -- The Reading Project -- Understanding graphic novels -- More results -- Potential difficulties -- Performance of university students -- Conclusion -- 12 We are Britain! Culture and Ethnicity in Benjamin Zephaniahs NovelsSigrid Rieuwerts -- To look beyond the face -- An inclusive Britain? -- In Londons multicultural East End -- Nothing is what it seems -- 13 Taiwanese Adolescents Reading American Young Adult Literature: A Reader Response StudyLi-Feng Lee -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Method -- Results -- Discussions -- 14 Developing Intercultural Competence through First Nations Childrens Literature Grit Alter -- Distorted representation of otherness -- Intercultural learning with original literature on First Nations -- Raising awareness of otherness -- Part Four Empowerment and Creativity through Story -- 15 Creative Writing for Second Language StudentsAlan Maley -- What is creative writing? -- The case for creative writing -- Some practical ideas -- Stem poems -- Acrostics -- The Asia teacher-writers project -- 16 Young Adult Literature in Mixed-Ability ClassesMaria Eisenmann -- Heterogeneity in the classroom -- Differentiated instruction in the literature classroom -- Promoting literary proficiency in mixed-ability classes -- Conclusion -- 17 Enhancing Self-Esteem and Positive Attitudes through Childrens LiteraturePaola Traverso -- Introduction -- A multi-sensory approach to storytelling -- Stories as models to overcome problems -- Conclusion -- 18 The Art of Teaching Creative Story WritingMaria Luisa Garca Bermejo and Maria Teresa Fleta Guilln.

Stories for EFL teaching and learning -- Being creative in the EFL classroom through story making and storytelling -- The creative writing process -- Implications for teacher development -- 19 Stories as SymphoniesAndrew Wright -- Non-verbal modes manifesting and complementing, or only complementing, words in stories -- Words as one instrument in the orchestra of communication -- Examples of non-verbal modes of communication -- What can the language teacher do? -- A case study: Oetzi -- Conclusion -- 20 ConclusionChristiane Ltge -- Extensive reading -- Visual literacy -- Inter- and transcultural learning -- Empowerment and creativity -- Future developments -- Additional Materials and Resources -- Index.