DOCUMENT RESUME ED 420 199 FL 025 301 AUTHOR Coreil, Clyde, Ed.; Napoliello, Mihri, Ed. TITLE The Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 1997. INSTITUTION Jersey City State Coll., NJ. Center for the Imagination in Language Learning. ISSN ISSN-1071-6157 PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 125p. AVAILABLE FROM Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, Hepburn Hall, Room 111, Jersey City, NJ 07305-1597. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning; v4 1997 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Standards; Adult Education; Advertising; Childrens Literature; Classroom Techniques; Commercial Television; Creativity; Critical Thinking; Dance; *Educational Strategies; English for Special Purposes; *English (Second Language); Fairy Tales; Higher Education; *Imagination; Interlanguage; *Learning Processes; Listening Comprehension; Listening Skills; Multimedia Instruction; Music Activities; Novels; Poetry; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Skill Development; Teaching Methods; Vocational English (Second Language) IDENTIFIERS National Standards for Foreign Language Learning ABSTRACT 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 Classroom" (David M. Bell);'Connecting the Powers of Music to the Learning of Languages" (Sandra Adkins): "Children's Literature in Adult EFL Classes: Learning Through Response" (Carl Tomlinson, Rhoda McGraw); "Tapping Student Interest with Fairy Tales" (Gary Ockey, Diane Ogden); "PrTEE: Professional Training Expansion English: An Approach to ESP" (Lisa Isenstead); "Obsession, Block and Turning Point: How Language Learns Itself" (Barbara F. Mascali); "Imagination in the Teaching of Reading: A Descriptive Analysis" (Ramonita A. Santiago); "Mini-Earth: A New Planet in the Macrocosm of Language Teaching" (Natalia Vanyushkina); "Pattern-Poems: Creative Writing for Language Acquisition" (Margaret R. Moulton, Vicki L. Holmes); "Beyond Passive Listening: The ESL Class Becomes the Band" (Dennis Sjolie); "Using TV Commercials to Teach Listening and Critical Thinking" (Alfred Smith, Lee Ann Rawley); "Reading and Responding to Novels in the University ESL Classroom" (Stephanie Vandrick); Modelling Language Instruction on Collaborative Design Projects" (Robert Preece); and "Encounters with the Automobile: Exploring Practical Content through Multiple Media" (Anne Dorobis). (MSE) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement rkUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) his document has been reproducedas received from the person or organization iginating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. The Journal Of The Imagination In Language Learnin A publication dedicated to the role of the intagintion in the acquisition of first and subsequent langua4es at all levels Edited by CLYDE COREIL Program in English as a Second Language Jersey City State College and MIHRI NAPOLIELLO Multicultural Center Jersey City State College 0 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY lb awe:A C) TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 The Journal of the Imagination in Language Learningis a publication of the Center for the Imagination in Language Learning at Jersey City State College; Jersey City, New Jersey 07305-1597, USA. Several of the articles in theJournalwere first presented at the Center's annual Conference, which will be held next year on April 24, 1998 at the College. Interested persons should write for details. TheJournalis concerned with theoretical and practical relationships between the imagination and the acquisition of first and subsequent languages. This publication is of interest to teachers at all levelskindergarten through collegeas well as to administrators of educational programs, linguists, and those involved in any aspect of language use and planning. TheJournal,which bears the U.S. Library of Congress Number ISSN 1071-6157, is abstracted and indexed bySociological AbstractsandLinguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts. Among the main concerns of theJournalis the following proposition: Attempts to acquire a language are significantly enhanced by the presence of an activated imagination. Articles or proposals for articles are welcome and should be addressed to either of the editors atThe Journal of the Imagination,Hepburn Hall, Room III, Jersey City State College, 2039 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA 07305-1597. Dr. Clyde Coreil can be reached at 201-200-3087 (voice mail 201-200-3237); Dr. Mihri Napoliello: 201-200-3375 (FAX 201-200-3238). The e-mail address for the Center for the Imagination in Language Learning is [email protected]. Voice mail for the Center is 201-200-2297. ThisJournalis published once a year and is sold according to following schedule, which includes postage and handling: Individuals in the USA $10 Institutions in the USA $20 Individuals outside the USA $15 Institutions outside the USA $25 Five thousand copies of theJournalare printed and distributed internationally to subscribers and to selected professionals and programs related to language research and training. The first three volumes of thisJournalare also available in microfiche form: Volumes I and II, ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 381 995. Volume III, No. ED 400 682 (telephone 800 - 443 ERIC). ERIC services are offered in a great many libraries in the USA and abroad, and are also available on the Internet: http://edrs.com. Specific research questions can be directed to the ERIC Clearinghouse of Language and Linguis- tics, 1118 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037. Telephone 800-276-9834 and e-mail: ERIC @CAL.ORG. The editors wish to express appreciation to Mr. Ronald Bogusz, Director of the Office of Publications and Special Programs at Jersey City State College, who has designed all issues of theJournal.Gabriel Ruiz, an art student at the College, executed the motif drawings in this volume. Special thanks also go to Ms. Dale Egan, a graduate student at Jersey City State College, who served as an Editorial Assistant for this issue. Copyright, 1997: The Center for the Imagination in Language Learning Jersey City State College ISSN 1071-6157 The Journal Of The Imagination In Language Learnin A publication dedicated to the role of the imagintion in the acquisition of first and subsequent languaes at all levels CLYDE COREIL Editor Program in English as a Second Language Jersey City State College and MIHRI NAPOLIELLO Consulting Editor Multicultural Center Jersey City State College Published by The Center for the Imagination in Language Learning Jersey City State College Jersey City, New Jersey 07305-1597 4 Contents Introduction 4 Creativity with a Small "c" 8 Alan Maley National Standards and the Role of the Imagination in Foreign Language Learning 18 Rebecca M. Valette Who Am I in English? Developing a Language Ego 26 Jean Zukowski/Faust Steps to Dance in the Adult EFL Classroom 34 David M. Bell Connecting the Powers of Music to the Learning of Languages 40 Sandra Adkins Children's Literature in Adult EFL Classes: Learning through Response 50 Carl Tomlinson and Rhoda McGraw Tapping Student Interest with Fairy Tales 58 Gary Ockey and Diane Ogden PrTEE: Professional Training Expansion English: An Approach to ESP 64 Lisa Isenstead Obsession, Block and Turning Point: How Language Learns Itself 70 Barbara F. Mascali Imagination in the Teaching of Reading: A Descriptive Analysis 74 Ramonita A. Santiago Mini-Earth: A New Planet in the Macrocosm of Language Teaching 80 Natalia Vanyushkina Pattern Poems: Creative Writing for Language Acquisition 84 Margaret R. Moulton and Vicki L. Holmes Beyond Passive Listening: The ESL Class Becomes a Band 92 Dennis Sjolie Using TV Commercials to Teach Listening and Critical Thinking 98 Alfred Smith and Lee Ann Rawley Reading and Responding to Novels in the University ESL Classroom 104 Stephanie Vandrick Modelling Language Instruction on Collaborative Design Projects 108 Robert Preece Encounters with the Automobile: Exploring Practical Content through Multiple Media 112 Anne Dorobis Call for Correspondents 115 1998 Order form 118 2 r 11 [ 7 Introduction We have never edited a proper bookonly things like this somewhat improperJournal.Yet we suspect that we have become aware of a major difference between the two tasks. Editing a book is like farming on one side of a mountain and rarely seeing the people on the other side who consume your radishes and toma- toes. In putting out a journal, on the other hand, one is plowing away on one slope of the valley while waving to the good readers on the facing slope. Even in an annual publication like ours, there is a sense of more im- mediate communication, of a conversationnot only among readers and editors and authors, but between the readers themselves. To facilitate the latter, we are continuing to list the names, addresses (including e-mail),