This book examines how literary texts can be incorporated into teaching practices in an EFL classroom. It takes a multi-faceted approach to how English language teaching and learning can best be developed through presentation and exploration of literary texts.

The book that will directly compete with this volume will be: T Yoshimura and Y Yasuda (eds.) Literature as Inspiration in the English Language Classroom (2013), which is an anthology of empirical studies on and teaching plans for English literature and language educations in Japanese EFL classrooms. This Japanese book, however, focuses on a specific issue and region: the role of English literature in Japan, and is less likely to attract the attention of readership outside Japan.There is currently no other direct competitor to our proposed book as most English books in this field provide general overviews of literature teaching in a language classroom or do not fully examine the actual teaching environment in Japan and the nature of Japanese EFL students. The articles published in this field are A Iida (2013): Critical review of literary reading and writing in a second language, The Journal of Literature in Language Teaching 2 (1). 5-1, and A Iida (2012), SINO-US English Teaching 9(9). 1472-1485).Current texts on the market can be divided into 3 categories: (1) literature and language education, (2) EFL, and (3) stylistics:(1) Literature and language educationYoshimura T and Yasuda Y (eds.) (2013) Literature as Inspiration in the English Language Classroom. Eihosha (the anthology of empirical studies on and teaching plans for English literature and language educations in Japanese EFL classrooms) (Published in Japanese)Picken J D (2007) Literature, Metaphor, and the Foreign Language Learner. Palgrave Macmillan.Hall G (2005) Literature in Language Education. Palgrave Macmillan.(2) ESL/EFLCarroli P (2011) Literature in Second Language Education: Enhancing the Role of Texts in Learning. Continuum.Braine G (2010) Nonnative Speaker English Teachers: Research, Pedagogy, and Professional Growth (ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series). Routledge.Hanauer D I (2010) Poetry as Research: Exploring Second Language Poetry Writing. John Benjamins Publishing Company. Amsterdam/Philadelphia.Paran A and Sercu L (eds.) (2010) Testing the Untestable in Language Education. Multilingual Matters Ltd.Kramsch C (2009) The Multilingual Subject. Oxford University Press.Grabe W (2009) Reading in a Second Language: Moving from Theory to Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Paran A (ed.) (2006) Literature in Language Teaching and Learning. TESOL.Llurda E (ed.) (2006) Non-native Language Teachers: Perceptions, Challenges and Contributions to the Profession. SpringerJulian Bamford J and Day RR (eds.) (2004) Extensive Reading Activities for Teaching Language (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers). Cambridge University Press.Benson P and Nunan D (eds.) (2005) Learners' Stories: Difference and Diversity in Language Learning. Cambridge University Press.(3) StylisticsBurke M, Csábi S, Week L and Zerkowitz J (eds.) (2012) Pedagogical Stylistics: Current Trends in language, Literature, and ELT. Continuum.Jeffries L and McIntyre D (eds.) (2011) Teaching Stylistics. Palgrave MacmillanJeffries L and McIntyre D (2010) Stylistics. Cambridge University Press.Lambrou M and Stockwell P (2007) Contemporary Stylistics. Continuum.Watson G and Zyngier S (eds.) (2006) Literature and Stylistics for Language Learners: Theory and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan.Short M (1989) Reading, Analysing and Teaching Literature. LongmanLiterature and Language Learning in the EFL Classroom takes multiple approaches to consider the role of literature in Japanese ELT and elsewhere. This subject is so wide-ranging that no single theory or perspective will fully cover this important but complex issue.

Introduction; Masayuki Teranishi, Yoshifumi Saito and Katie WalesPART I: CURRENT ISSUES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW APPROACHES1. Recent Developments in Uses of Literature in Language Teaching; Geoff Hall2. Literary Texts as Authentic Materials for Language Learning: The Current Situation in Japan; Kazuko Takahashi3. Bridging the Gap between L1 Education and L2 Education; Aiko Saito4. From Reading to Writing: Creative Stylistics as a Methodology for Bridging the Gap between Literary Appreciation and Creative Writing in ELT; Yoshifumi Saito5. Unpacking and Evaluating Properties in Conceptual Metaphor Domain Mapping: Cognitive Stylistics as a Language Learning Tool; Michael Burke6. Playing with Words and Pictures: Using Post-modernist Picturebooks as a Resource with Teenage and Adult Language Learners; Gillian LazarPART II: EMPIRICAL AND CASE STUDIES7. Achievement Tests for Literary Reading in General EFL Reading Courses; Takayuki Nishihara8. A Stylistic Approach to Digital Texts: Teaching Literary Texts Through New Media; Soichiro Oku9. The Effects of Literary Texts on Students' Sentence Recognition: Translation Tasks and Comprehension Tasks; Tomohide Ishihara and Akira Ono10. Benefits of Teaching Speech/Thought Presentation: Developing Language Awareness Through Reading Austen and Eliot; Tetsuko Nakamura11. Teaching English Novels in the EFL Classroom; Masayuki Teranishi12. Using Short Stories in University Composition Classrooms; Kyoko Kuze13. Translation of Japanese Poems into English: Literature in the First Language as a Motive to Communication in a Second Language; Kiyo Sakamoto14. Literary Reading Circles and Short Essay Activities for English Learning Among Medical Students; Yuka Kusanagi15. The Role of Literature in Foreign Language Learning; Masako Nasu16. The First Step towards a Critical Perspective:The Practice of Evidence-based Explanation of a Literary Text in Book Clubs; Hiroko Sugimura17. The Use of a Literary Text in an Extensive Reading Programme: Reading Murakami's 'Super-Frog Saves Tokyo' in the World Café; Motoko Fukaya18. Increasing Motivation and Building Bridges to Content with Graded Readers; Mark D. Sheehan19. Pedagogical Stylistics in an ELT Teacher Training Setting: A Case Study; Marina LambrouEpilogue; Ronald Carter