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/
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Quoting Sandie Mourão <[log in to unmask]>:
> Apologies for cross posting
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> Dear all,
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> 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.
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> I was wondering three things:
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> 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.
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> Many thanks in advance for all the information you are able to share.
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> Best wishes to all,
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> Sandie
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> Sandie Mourão
> http://sandiemourao.eu
> http://picturebooksinelt.blogspot.com/
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> Co-editor CLELEjournal Volume 1(1) May 2013
> Children's Literature in English Language Education
> http://clelejournal.org/
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