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A few years ago, a 19-year-old Japanese girl wrote a novel about her life in a small town called Koshirakura in Japan. She finished it in just three weeks! The title was 'Dreams Come True'. She wrote the novel on her mobile phone. She was not an experienced writer but she knows how to tell a good story. Her novel was a great success and sold over 200,000 copies.

Akiko wrote the novel chapter by chapter and posted it on a website where readers could download it immediately. She wrote it while she was relaxing at home. She did not think too much or rewrite anything.

Akiko is one of the first of a new generation of novelists in Japan who writes in a simple way as if they are writing a text message. They write in a chatty style and used a lot of ‘emoticons’. They don't worry about grammar and spelling. Mobile phone novels are popular with people of all ages. Many best-selling paperback books in Japan were originally mobile phone novels!

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1. novel / novelist

2. experience

3. success

4. post

5. download

6. immediately

7. rewrite

8. emoticon

9. generation

10. chatty

11. worry

12. paperback

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1. 'Dreams Come True' was about true experiences. __________

2. Readers like 'Dreams Come True'.   __________

3. The author write the novel on her computer.   __________

4. The language in a mobile phone novel is always correct.   __________

5. Mobile phone novels sometimes become paper books.   __________

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1.   Akiko wrote the novel very

(a) slowly   (b)  quickly

2.   Akiko used her ......... to write the novel.

(a) mobile phone
(b) notebook and pen

3.   People were first able to read 'Dreams Come True' on...
(a) the internet.
(b)their mobile phones.

4.   Mobile phone novelists write...
(a) in long sentences
(b) the way people speak

5.   In Japan, mobile phone novels are...
(a) very successful
(b) only read by teenage girls

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Extension activity: grammar - changing pronouns

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Extension activity: grammar - changing pronouns

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A few years ago, a ____-year-old ____________   _________ wrote a novel about ______ life in a small town called ______________________ in _____________. _______ finished it in just _________ weeks! The title was ______________________. ______ wrote the novel on _____ mobile phone. It was a great success and sold over ____________ copies.

_____________ wrote the novel chapter by chapter and posted it on a website where readers could download it immediately. ______ wrote it while ______ was relaxing at home. The writing was simple like a text message and used a lot of ‘emoticons’. _______ was not an experience writer but _______ knows how to tell a good story.

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Next class: IDEATE for writing your own magazine article or mobile phone novel !

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Next class: IDEATE for writing your own magazine article or mobile phone novel !

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Mobile phone novels can be very short and have 70 to 100 words.