Literature and Language Learning in the EFL Classroom

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Recent Developments in Uses of Literature in Language Teaching

Chapter 3 Literary Texts as Authentic Materials for Language Learning: The Current Situation in Japan

Chapter 4 Bridging the Gap between L1 Education and L2 Education

Chapter 5 From Reading to Writing: Creative Stylistics as a Methodology for Bridging the Gap between Literary Appreciation and Creative Writing in ELT

Chapter 6 Unpacking and Evaluating Properties in Conceptual Metaphor Domain Mapping: Cognitive Stylistics as a Language Learning Tool

Chapter 7 Playing with Words and Pictures: Using Post-modernist Picture Books as a Resource with Teenage and Adult Language Learners

Chapter 8 Achievement Tests for Literary Reading in General EFL Reading Courses

Chapter 9 A Stylistic Approach to Digital Texts: Teaching Literary Texts through New Media

Chapter 10 The Effects of Literary Texts on Students’ Sentence Recognition: Translation Tasks and Comprehension Tasks

Chapter 12 Teaching English Novels in the EFL Classroom

Chapter 13 Using Short Stories in University Composition Classrooms

Chapter 14 Translation of Japanese Poems into English: Literature in the First Language as a Motive to Communicate in a Second Language

Chapter 15 Literary Reading Circles and Short Essay Activities for English Learning among Medical Students

Chapter 16 The Role of Literature in Foreign Language Learning

Chapter 17 The First Step towards a Critical Perspective: The Practice of Evidence-Based Explanation of a Literary Text in Book Clubs

Chapter 18 The Use of a Literary Text in an Extensive Reading Programme: Reading Murakami’s ‘Super-Frog Saves Tokyo’ in the World Café

Chapter 19 Increasing Motivation and Building Bridges to Content with Graded Readers

Chapter 20 Pedagogical Stylistics in an ELT Teacher Training Setting: A Case Study

Chapter 21 Epilogue: Literature and Language Learning in the EFL Classroom