Volume 13 | Issue 2 | Nov 2025 |
The editorial for issue 13.2 discusses the functions and the role of language in view of society, education, and English language teaching. It proposes that raising awareness of the extent to which speakers and thinkers are influenced by their linguistic and cultural upbringing, is a crucial educational goal. read more
This article provides a review of several studies that deal with using translingual picturebooks in English language teaching. It proceeds by describing the use of a specific book in a multicultural and multilingual classroom, which results in raising linguistic and social awareness of all the students involved. read more
The contribution discusses the potential and challenges for teachers and learners when expanding picturebooks with virtual reality technology. The research is based on the picturebook If Sharks Disappeared and describes how learners can draw a double profit when alternating reading and using the technology. read more
This paper presents a reflective analysis of a project that involved student teachers using literary scenarios to teach creative writing to young secondary students. The authors emphasize the relevance of three central aspects, namely the openness of the task, process orientation, and the degree to which literary learning can be stimulated. read more
This article outlines the relevance of addressing challenging topics with young learners, in particular racism. It suggests a framework to support teachers in selecting suitable picturebooks for their classrooms. In a next step, the authors focus on three selected texts and provide ideas for teaching. read more
This contribution examines the potential of using Frank Tashlin’s graphic novel in the (university) classroom. The text offers numerous inroads on topics such as inequality in education, the human dissociation between industrialized lifestyles and nature, and the problems of linguistic dominance and monocultural discourses. read more
The authors examine the linguistic context of New Zealand and Wales where, for historical reasons, English and the local minority language coexist and consider the educational aim to revitalize Maori and Welsh. Their findings show that dual language picturebooks may support or challenge the hierarchies between languages. read more
Introduced by Alyssa Magee Lowery, the four Recommended Reads presented in this issue provide an insight into four wordless picturebooks that permit developing both visual and narrative literacy in the ELT classroom. Fuelling curiosity, the four texts encourage to read the world and to experience aesthetic pleasure. read more
Raúl Alberto Mora reviews Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics by Dominic Davies & Candida Rifkind read more