Dear Ann,
I was so interested to get your email and read your course description. I am currently involved in a research project on fictional texts which represent higher education experiences (including campus novels) - but my focus is on how they can be used to examine concepts in graduate education, rather than in the context of EAL specifically. Nonetheless - I can see that we are both concerned with the possibilities that fiction holds for enculturating students into educational roles and environments. 

If you are interested in exploring the idea of using fiction in HE contexts more generally then Noel Gough has some really interesting work. There is also my own piece on supervision in fiction in Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. You should be able to view the full text directly via http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474022209339957 

I look forward to hearing more some time!
All best,
Frances 


Dr Frances Kelly
Head of Student Learning
Centre for Academic Development
The University of Auckland
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Dear all

I imagine the idea of teaching/ interrogating the Campus Novel as a 
method for providing low-threshold EAP practice for non -native English 
speaking academic staff is original, but it is most likely not original 
at all. This is the link to the course I run in Oslo:

http://www.hio.no/For-tilsatte/Kurs-og-seminar/The-Campus-Novel-and-English-for-Academic-Purposes

Do any of you know of literature on this method, or do any of you teach 
such things in your institutions? I would  like to gather tips and 
contacts and perhaps make a network for people interested in ways in 
which literature can be used in EAP contexts.

Looking forward to hearing from you

yours sincerely


Ann Torday Gulden


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Ann Torday Gulden
Associate Professor
Project Coordinator, English for Academic Purposes
Centre for Educational Research and Development
Oslo University College
PB 4, St. Olavs pl.
0130 Oslo
Norway

Office: Stensbergs gt. 27,  Room H219
tel. office  00 47 22 45 24 47
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EAP course portfolio:
http://www.hio.no/For-tilsatte/Kurs-og-seminar/Spraakkurs