A Multiliteracies Approach to the Graphic Novel Adaptation of Stormbreaker: Facilitating Authentic Reading in a Swiss Lower Secondary ELT Classroom

Abstract

The authors detail an action research project in a Swiss school around the graphic novel adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s Stormbreaker. The project provided language learners with opportunities to show their potential through their own creative adaptations of the spy story.

Keywords

• authentic narrative
• adaptation
• creative response
• reading blip
• reading strategies