Daniel Arrieta    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of Hispanic Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Associate Professor
Date	2025/02/15
Presentation Theme	Using Narratology to bridge Extensive Reading and Creative Writing in a Foreign Language
Conference	21st CamTESOL Conference
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Individual
Country	Cambodia
Details	The effectiveness of Extensive Reading programs in foreign languages is enhanced with post-reading activities. One such activity may involve students creating their own texts. This next level of producing their own fictional worlds requires basic knowledge of narratology that can be taught in class gradually as the ER program progresses. At a university of foreign studies in Japan, we have created a semester-long dual program of extensive reading/creative writing, in which students receive regular explanations of narratological aspects such as narrator types, voice, characters, focalization, space, time, action, chronotope, genres, intertextuality, and of literary devices useful forunderstanding their selected ER texts as well as for developing their own fictional writing. Each student progresses weekly through the stages of their own story, discussing it with their peers, and submitting their final draft at the end of the semester. This communication presents the process and results of that program.