Multimodal Literacy in Education

Perspectives from Global Practices
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-631-90343-8
Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Buch, Englisch, Slovenian, Band 19, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Reihe: Sprach- und Kulturkontakte in Europas Mitte

This multilingual volume delves into multimodal literacy within educational contexts,exploring its significance across diverse cultural settings. From Singapore’s integrationof multimodal meaning-making into the English language syllabus to Slovenia’sreevaluation of pictorial semiotic sources in primary school textbooks, each chapteroffers nuanced perspectives on implementation and impact. Contributors illuminatemethods to enhance students’ understanding of multimodality and genre, advocatefor audio description in language education, and explore multimodal texts’ role in historicaleducation. Through theoretical discourse and practical illustrations, the bookelucidates how multimodal texts foster student agency and enrich learning experiences.Offering insights into methodologies and pedagogical approaches, it equips educatorsto integrate multimodal practices effectively. By highlighting the transformative potentialof multimodal literacy, this work contributes to ongoing scholarly conversations ineducation, prompting a reevaluation of traditional literacy in the digital era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Komninos, Nickolas

Starc, Sonja

Weitere Mitwirkende

Newerkla, Stefan Michael

Katny, Andrzej

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Sonja Starc, Nickolas Komninos: Introduction — Fei Victor Lim: From Literacy to Multiliteracies: Engaging with Multimodal Texts in Singapore Schools — Izaskun Elorza: A Six- Stage Sequential Frame of Migration Representations in Children’s Picture Books — Sophia Diamantopoulou: Student Agency in the Creation of Multimodal Texts at the Ancient Agora of Athens: A Political Project — Sonja Starc: Premislek o rabi pretežno slikovnih izraznih sredstev vosnovnošolskih ucbenikih za slovenšcino — Nickolas Komninos: Sensitising Students to Multimodality and Genre: A Diamesic and Diachronic Approach — Styliani Karatza: Applying CFRIDiL Guidelines to Create a Digital Poster in a Primary School Context — Elisa Perego and Christopher Taylor: Audio Description as an Effective Learning Tool in the L1 and L2 Language Class: Theory and Applications in Primary SchoolSettings — Barbara Baloh and Eva Križnik: Prilagojena slikanica kot pomoc pri ucenju branja otrok sposebnimi potrebami — Cvetka Sokolov: One Text, Two Picture Books — Barbara Zorman: Veliki plan obraza in njegove literarne paralele: primer romana/filma Ko zorijo jagode — Notes on Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

N.D.G. Komninos (University of Udine) has published extensively on multiliteracy,intercultural communication, and language assessment. His work appears in variousacademic journals and volumes, including those on designing learning with digitaltechnologies (2024). His contributions significantly impact language, education, andcommunication studies.Sonja Starc (University of Primorska) is an associate professor and researcher specializingin multimodality, language assessment, and genre studies. Her works arefeatured in several academic journals and volumes, focusing on educational studiesin language and literature, Slovene in schools, and elementary education.