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Peer reviewedHarp, Richard L. – College Composition and Communication, 1978
Concludes that imaginative literature is the best way to begin to teach writing and the literature to teach first should be the most basic and elemental types: fable, fairy tale, parable, proverb, and myth. (DD)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Writing, Fables, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCai, Mingshui – New Advocate, 1995
Explores the complicated question of whether imagination can bridge or transcend gaps between authors and the cultural groups they write about. Argues that cultural authenticity is the basic criterion for evaluating multicultural literature and the foundation on which to build literary excellence and that imagination cannot substitute for it. (SR)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Images
Peer reviewedBishop, Rudine Sims – New Advocate, 2000
Discusses the role of literature, or the arts, in society. Argues that literature enables people to interpret and shape their experience as humans; and transcends time and place and culture, helping people to re-view the past, interpret the present, and envision the future. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Coping, Cultural Awareness
Download full textCoreil, Clyde, Ed.; Napoliello, Mihri – Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 1994
Articles in these two issues are as follows: "Imagination and Memory: Friends or Enemies" (Earl W. Stevick); "Imagination in Second Language Acquisition" (James J. Asher); "Where the Magic Lies" (Interview with Carolyn Graham); "Drawing on Experience: The Interview" (with John Dumicich); "What Color is…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 24 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the follwing: (1) the effects of junior great books programs on students' thinking and reading skills, (2) adolescent novels and the ideology of femininity, (3) the effect of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Advance Organizers, Annotated Bibliographies, Black Literature
Coreil, Clyde, Ed.; Napoliello, Mihri, Ed. – Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 1997
Articles on second language teaching and learning include: "Creativity with a Small 'c'" (Alan Maley); "National Standards & the Role of the Imagination in Foreign Language Learning" (Rebecca M. Valette); "Who Am I in English? Developing a Language Ego" (Jean Zukowski/Faust); "Steps to Dance in the Adult EFL…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Advertising, Childrens Literature
Long, Robert, Ed.; van Troyer, Gene, Ed.; Lane, Keith, Ed.; Swanson, Malcom, Ed. – 2000
These conference proceedings address the following six topics: (1) "Change and the Future" (e.g., English language education in Japan, sociolinguistics in Hong Kong, and Esperanto); (2) "Children and Language Education" (e.g. a short-term language immersion case study, virtual classrooms for bilingual students, and the role of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Audiotape Recordings, Bilingual Students, Childrens Literature
