Born-digital Literature in the Foreign Language Classroom: : Tara McIlroy: Bloomsbury Academic

Born-digital Literature in the Foreign Language Classroom

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This edited collections brings together different approaches to born-digital literature across the foreign language learning curriculum, with practical applications for curriculum design and course planning. The book develops a framework that takes into account the increasing appearance of born-digital literature and how it shapes the interaction between creator and audience. It covers a broad variety of types of born-digital literature which so far have not been an explicit focus in the context of language teaching, while also providing a grounding in the current discussions around digital literacies in education. In response to the pace of change in recent years in the accessibility and wider use of new types of digital literature, this volume focuses on innovative approaches from a wide range of educational contexts while considering the needs of learners from diverse backgrounds. Running themes across the chapters are: creativity, learner autonomy, critical reading, reader response and teacher development. The volume includes contributions from both renowned scholars in the field and the new voices of early career researchers, from Belgium, Germany, Japan, Libya, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Introduction: Evolution of Literature and Literary Learning in the Digital Age, Tara McIlroy (Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan) and Christian Ludwig (Free University of Berlin, Germany)
Part I: Born-digital Innovations in Language Learning Settings
1. Embracing 21st Century Literature: Instapoetry in the Language Classroom, Mary Hillis (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
2. Innovative Classroom Practices with Born-Digital Japanese Literature, Vicky Richings (Hosei University, Japan)
Part II: Applications of Born-Digital Approaches in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Setting
3. Fan Fiction and Role-Playing through the Film Sing: A Born-Digital Text to Promote Students' Multiliteracies in EFL in Primary Education, Agustín Reyes-Torres, Margarida Castellano-Sanz and Natalia Huerta-Pastor (Universitat de València, Spain)
4. From the Digital Wilds into the EFL Classroom: Suggestions for Implementing Fanfiction and Interactive Fiction inspired Activities in the Secondary EFL Classroom, Joeri Van der Veken (KU Leuven, Belgium), Frederik Cornillie (KU Leuven, Belgium), J. Buendgens-Kosten (Goethe University, Germany)
5. Scanlation as Material for Teaching Japanese-English Translation, Hiroko Inose (Dalarna University, Sweden)
6. News from Tomorrow in "Detroit: Become Human": Mediation of Fictional Newspaper Articles in Interactive Digital Media for the EFL Classroom, Jens Kuhnt (Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe, Germany)
Part III: Digital Writing: Learners and Digital Tools as Co-Creators
7. Dynamic Multimedia Tools for Digital Storytelling, Nate Gildart (Nagoya International School, Japan) and Tara McIlroy (Rikkyo University, Japan)
8. Using Digital Storyboarding to Teach Works of Fiction: Strategies for Implementing Digital Technology into Libyan EFL Literature Classrooms, Fatma Abu-Baker (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Hana A. El-Badri (University of Benghazi, Libya)
9. Creative Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Hello, my AI (co-)writer, Christian Ludwig (Free University of Berlin, Germany)
10. Afterword: The Future of Born-digital Literature, Tara McIlroy (Rikkyo University, Japan) and Christian Ludwig (Free University of Berlin, Germany)
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Product details

Published	Nov 17 2025
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	256
ISBN	9781350470422
Imprint	Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations	10 bw illus
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing