(Amount, Choices, Creativity) A model created by Aerila and Kauppinen on communities of readers. It rests on three pillars: increasing the amount of reading time and books offered, investing in individual choices and various literature (themes, levels of difficulty, and forms) for readers, and offering meaningful and creative activities to work with the experiences aroused while reading.
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Stories Make Readers: Enhancing the Use of Fictional Literature With Multilingual Students
Juli-Anna Aerila (University of Turku, Finland) and Merja Kauppinen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2722-1.ch018
Abstract
Using literature in multilingual and second language classes promotes literacy skills and helps children to adapt to second language instruction. This chapter presents the theoretical framework and practical implementations for enhancing the use of literature in multilingual environments employing Stories Make Readers (StoRe)–project as an example. StoRe concept helps to promote the use of fictional literature and to increase the reading materials and reading time at school and at home. An important aim is to offer, in multilingual groups, reading materials that correspond to the reading abilities and interest of the readers, and to connect different collaborative, child-centered, and multidisciplinary activities in reading. The multilingual line of the StoRe project, called Creating Innovative Approaches to Language Education (IKI), identifies and promotes innovative models for the use and development of language in education and creates research-based, pedagogical maps that help teachers develop and improve their pedagogical practices.