Lovely suggestions, thanks for sharing your thoughts Janice. I'll pass them
onto my colleague.
Sandie
On 8/11/13 16:25, "Janice Bland" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Sandie,
> Your request for picturebooks for teaching English to prison inmates
> is interesting. My new university - a place of privilege and higher
> education of course - sits right next to a large high-walled prison
> for male under twenty-fives. The prison is behind the university, and
> I wonder if any of our students have even really noticed it, as they
> move across the campus in the opposite direction.
>
> So I have also been thinking about organising some teaching of English
> in prison in alternative ways, and whether eventually some cooperation
> can take place.
>
> Personally I would choose for this any picturebooks that encourage
> empathy and changing perspective, as well as telling a good story. For
> example:
>
> Raymond Briggs, Jim and the Beanstalk.
> Anthony Browne, Zoo.
> John Burningham, Oi! Get off our Train.
> Babette Cole, The Trouble with Gran.
> Julia Donaldson, illus. Axel Scheffler, The Snail and the Whale.
> Michael Foreman, Dinosaurs.
> Florence Heide, and Judith Gilliland, illus. Ted Lewin, The Day of
> Ahmed?s Secret.
> Robert Munsch, illus. Michael Martchenko, The Paper Bag Princess.
>
> ?just a few ideas. This could be a worthwhile and potentially
> wide-reaching project.
>
> Best
> Janice
>
> Janice Bland (PhD)
> Visiting professor, Department of English Language and Literature,
> University of Vechta
> Editor CLELEjournal http://www.clelejournal.org/
> -----------------------------------
> OUT NOW:
> Bland, Janice (2013) Children's Literature and Learner Empowerment.
> London: Bloomsbury Academic.
>
> Bland, Janice and Lütge, Christiane (eds) (2013), Children's
> Literature in Second Language Education. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
>
>
> Quoting Sandie Mourão <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Apologies for cross posting
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have a colleague who would like to use picturebooks to teach English to
>> prison inmates here in Portugal. I think it's a wonderful idea, and
>> together we are looking for possible picturebook titles to use. She is
>> particularly interested in developing their intercultural awareness and
>> promoting their social and citizenship competences through these
>> picturebooks.
>>
>> I was wondering three things:
>>
>> 1. Have any contributors to this list heard of picturebooks being used in
>> prisons, and if so which titles were used?
>> 2. Has there been any research which includes using picturebooks in such a
>> context? If so any references would be most welcome.
>> 3. Any suggestions for picturebook titles suitable for my colleague? She has
>> described the prison inmates like this: <<They're adults (some of them
>> understand a lot of English - more speaking and listening rather than
>> writing), they're Portuguese, Angolan, Cape Verdean, Brazilian, American,
>> Swiss, etc...Some of them lived in Latin America and in London for one or
>> two years...>> I think they are all male, but I'm not sure.
>>
>> Many thanks in advance for all the information you are able to share.
>>
>> Best wishes to all,
>>
>> Sandie
>>
>>
>> Sandie Mourão
>> http://sandiemourao.eu
>> http://picturebooksinelt.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Co-editor CLELEjournal Volume 1(1) May 2013
>> Children's Literature in English Language Education
>> http://clelejournal.org/
>>
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