New Approaches to Literature for Language Learning

Jeneen Naji is Digital Media Faculty in the Department of Media Studies in Maynooth University, Ireland.Ganakumaran Subramaniam is the Head of School and Professor at the School of Education, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus.Goodith White retired as Director of the Applied Language Centre, University College Dublin, Ireland in 2015, and is currently Senior Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus.

• Chapter 1: Why is literature important for language learning?.- Chapter 2: Literature and Language Learning.- Chapter 3: Ways into Literature.- Chapter 4: Literature and Culture.- Chapter 5: Literature and Technology.- Chapter 6: Literature and Reading Communities.- Chapter 7: Literature and Multimodality.- Chapter 8: New Literatures in New Englishes.- Chapter 9: Literature and Personal Growth: A Look to the Future.

“I believe both language teachers and literature instructors can benefit from this book to a great extent. I particularly recommend the book to those who teach language skills courses, creative writing and EAP courses and to those who are interested in new digital literacies.” (Derya Altınmakas, BAAL News, Issue 118, 2021)