Using literature in English language education : challenging reading for 8-18 year olds / edited by Janice Bland.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Notes on ContributorsForeword, Peter Hunt (Professor Emeritus Cardiff University, UK) 1. Introduction: The Challenge of Literature, Janice Bland (Nord University, Norway)Part I: Multimodal Challenges2. The Graphic Novel: Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wonderstruckand The Marvels, Marek Oziewicz (University of Minnesota, USA)3. Playscript and Screenplay: Creativity with J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World, Janice Bland (Nord University, Norway)4. The Wordless Picturebook: Literacy in Multilingual Contexts and David Wiesner's Worlds, Evelyn Arizpe (University of Glasgow, UK) and Sadie Ryan (University of Glasgow, UK)5. The Picturebook in Elementary ELT: Multiple Literacies withBob Staake's Bluebird, Gail Ellis (British Council - EU Region)6. Story Apps: The Challenge of Interactivity, Sonja Brunsmeier (University of Education-Tyrol, Austria) and Annika Kolb (University of Education-Freiburg, Germany)7.

Covering Green's The Fault in Our Stars, Collins' The Hunger Games, Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Rowling's Wizarding World, Staake's Bluebird and Winton's Lockie Leonard, contributors consider how literature can be used for teaching literary literacy, creative writing, intercultural learning, critical pedagogy and deep reading in school settings where English is the teaching medium. Leading scholars from around the world explore pedagogical principles for English Language Teaching (ELT) widening children's and teenagers' literacy competences as well as their horizons through insightful engagement with texts. From challenging picturebooks for primary and secondary students, to graphic novels, to story apps, film and drama, as well as speculative fiction on provocative topics, recent research on literature education in ELT settings combines with cognitive criticism in the field of children's, young adult and adult literature.--