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Young Adult Multicultural Stories (YAMS)
A multilingual anthology for extensive reading
Intermediate level English and Japanese 

The first project for StudioCLA is the development of an anthology of six cultural stories from the Asia Pacific Region. Originally, each of these stories was a stage production during a multicultural week which showcases the culture of one international group at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. The six stories will be available in preprint form during 2022 and will be completed in 2023.

To cite the anthology:

Sevigny, P. & Manabe, S., (Eds.) (2023). Young Adult Multicultural Stories. StudioCLA. www.studiocla.org.

To cite individual stories:

  • Pham, K. (2022). Le chi vien: The untold story. In Sevigny, P. & Manabe, S. (Eds.), Young Adult Multicultural Stories. StudioCLA. www.studiocla.org.

  • Allen, S. (2022). The tale of Baswara. In Sevigny, P. & Manabe, S. (Eds.), Young Adult Multicultural Stories. StudioCLA. www.studiocla.org.

  • Ong, K. (2022). When the full moon rises. In Sevigny, P. & Manabe, S. (Eds.), Young Adult Multicultural Stories. StudioCLA. www.studiocla.org.

  • Encarnacion, G. (2022). Sister islands. In Sevigny, P. & Manabe, S. (Eds.), Young Adult Multicultural Stories. StudioCLA. www.studiocla.org.

  • Kondo, Y. (2023). The thing about being strong.  In Sevigny, P. & Manabe, S. (Eds.), In Sevigny, P. & Manabe, S. (Eds.), Young Adult Multicultural Stories. StudioCLA. www.studiocla.org.

  • Ye, W. (2023). The gifts of Luna. In Sevigny, P. & Manabe, S. (Eds.), Young Adult Multicultural Stories. StudioCLA. www.studiocla.org.

Published Research from StudioCLA

Sevigny, P., Manabe, S., S. Shankar C. H., & Lim, J. (2021). Community Literacy Activism: Amateur authors writing multilingual graded readers. Argentinian Journal of Applied Linguistics 9(2), 12-22. https://ajal.faapi.org.ar/ojs-3.3.0-5/index.php/AJAL/article/view/71

Presentations

  • Sevigny, P. Lim, J., & Hidaka, R. (2020, August 22).  Bilingual graded readers, literature circles, and identities. Extensive Reading Summer Seminar.

  • Manabe, S., Berger, M., & Sevigny, P. (2020, Nov. 14). Moving EFL literature circles online. Asia Pacific Conference. 18th Asia Pacific Conference. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan.

  • Sevigny, P., & Manabe, S. (2021, August 21).  Community Literacy Activists. Amateur authors writing graded readers for specific purposes. AILA World Congress 2021, Groningen, Netherlands. https://youtu.be/O8aBRcOfk3k

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