In this space we will be letting you know about novels, essays, books of poetry, and other forms of creative writing that have recently been publish by members of the SIG. If you have information about a member’s book (or your own book) that you would like us to share, just send an email to liltsig@gmail.com)
Literature, Spoken Language and Speaking Skills in Second Language Learning, Edited by Christian Jones
(University of Liverpool, @ELTResearch, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian_Jones8)
Several of the chapters of this new book were written by authors based in Japan, including members of the LiLT SIG.
1. Forward by Paul Simpson, Introduction by Chris Jones
Part I. Literature and Spoken Language:
2. The realism of conversation in literature by Shelley Byrne and Christian Jones
3. Using literature in text-driven materials to help develop spoken language awareness by Brian Tomlinson
4. Literature, TV drama and spoken language awareness by Chirstian Jones and Jane Cleary
5. Haiku and spoken language: Corpus-Driven analyses of linguistic features in English-language haiku writing by Atsushi Iida
6. Screenplays as pedagogical medium for cultivating EFL learners’ metapragmatic awareness of speech acts in spoken English by Yan Zhao and Jiangfeng Liu
Part II. Literature and Speaking Skills:
7. EFL learners reading and discussing poems in English by Tara McIlroy
8. An analysis of collaborative dialogue in literature circles by Scott J. Shelton-Strong
9. Exploring literary texts as a tool for developing L2 oral proficiency by Gary Fogal and Richard S. Pinner
10. Conclusion: implications for pedagogy and research by Christian Jones
www.cambridge.org/9781108472944
Squeaky Wheels: Travels with my Daughter by Train, Plane, Metro, Tuk-tuk and Wheelchair, by Suzanne Kamata.
Suzanne Kamata has written a mother-daughter travel memoir woven with comparative culture and accessibility awareness.
Details can be found here: http://www.suzannekamata.com.
A review of Jane Joritz-Nakagawa’s tenth book of poetry, Poems: New and Selected (Isobar, 2018) together with a review of Marion May Campbell’s Third Body, appeared in the Australian literary journal TEXT:
https://www.textjournal.com.au/oct19/hecq_rev.htm?fbclid=IwAR1coFHRcbuJcdo72LKXKiOWTekPFT-AdzAFp9ylXJclT7NkbM5yvHjTeU8
For more info on Jane’s book: https://isobarpress.com/titles/poems-new-selected/