A presentation on the use of graphic novels/ comic books in the EFL classroom

1. Comic/ Graphic Novel creation
EDUC 9706: Ronald
Platt, 2045991, plat0025@flinders.edu.au

2. -Dallacqua, A. K. (2012). Exploring Literary Devices in Graphic Novels.
Language Arts. 89:6 (2012) p366

3. -Dallacqua, A. K. (2012). Exploring Literary Devices in Graphic Novels.
Language Arts. 89:6 (2012) p366

4. Empowering EFL learners
 „the reading of graphic novels, rather than being
simplistic ventures into subpar texts, actually
requires high levels of engagement to render
meaning from the combination of images and
words.‟ (Boatright, 2010, p469)
 „In today‟s global society, English language arts
teachers have an excellent opportunity for
questioning immigrant experiences that are
portrayed as ideal or good and for exploring how
such immigrant labels as good and bad have
come into existence.‟ (Boatright, 2010, p471)
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5. -Cultural depictions: The
GOOD European immigrant
in The Arrival (Tan, 2007)
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6. -Social historical representation of Asian
American immigrants during the twentieth
century (Kiyama, 1931/1999)
...And the cultural clash of
American Born Chinese (Yang,
2006)-

7.  Students
were encouraged to tell their
immigration narratives by making graphic
novels.
-Danzak, 2011

8.  Students
have engaged positively with the
task when hand-drawings were recommended
-Pantaleo, 2013

9. But there are free online tools available. This website was
used for EFL grammar instruction (Kılıçkaya & Krajka, 2012)
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/#

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Boatright, M. D. (2010). Graphic Journeys: Graphic Novels
Representations of Immigrant Experiences. Journal of
Adolescent and Adult Literacy. 53:6 (March 2010). P468-76
Dallacqua, A. K. (2012). Exploring Literary Devices in
Graphic Novels. Language Arts. 89:6 (2012). p365-78
Danzak, R. L. (2011). Defining Identities Through
Multiliteracies: EL Teens Narrate their Immigration
Experiences as Graphic Stories. Journal of Adolescent and
Adult Literacy. 55:3 (2011). pp187-96
Kılıçkaya, F. & Krajka, J. (2012) Can the Use of Web-based
Comic Strip Creation Tool Facilitate EFL Learners‟
Grammar and Sentence Structure?. British Journal of
Educational Technology. 43:6 (2012) . pp161-5
Pantaleo, S. (2013). Paneling “Matters” in Elementary
Student‟s Graphic Narratives. Literacy Research and
Instruction. 52:2 (2013). pp150-71