Ashley's Adventures in Applied Linguistics

Guiding Questions: How would you define literacy in the traditional sense? How do the traditional definitions of literacy compare with the new definitions of literacy( ies )? In what ways are the traditional and new definitions impacted by technology (namely Web 2.0) and other forms of meaning making? What implications and challenges should be considered with regards to the idea of new literacies? TASKS : Readings : e-Reserves:   ( Knobel  &)  Lankshear  (2007) Sampling the “new” in new literacies e-Reserves:   Reinhardt, J. &  Thorne , S. (2011). Chapter 8 Beyond comparisons: Developing digital L2 literacies. In Arnold &  Ducate  (eds.) Weblink :   Gee, J.P. ( nd ). A situated socio-cultural approach to literacy and technology (Retrieve from http :// jamespaulgee .com/ admin /Images/ pdfs /Literacy%20and%20Technology. pdf  )   Weblink :   Moayeri , M. (2010). Classroom uses of social network sites: T...

Guiding Questions: What is the definition of  multimodal  literacies? How are  multimodal  literacies different from traditional literacies? What is the role of visuals in language learning? What principles of SLA support the need to incorporate these literacies in the language classroom? How does the creative commons fit in with these  multimodal  literacies? Readings: Walker & White (2013) Chapter 6 Callow, J. (2005). Literacy and the Visual: Broadening our Vision.  English Teaching: Practice and Critique.   4 (1):6-19. Retrieve from  http ://files. eric .ed.gov/ fulltext /EJ847239. pdf Substantive Post: Week 6 Discussion Post Kate, you asked if we think our students interpret images in a structuralist understanding or a hermeneutic understanding. I agree with you and Melissa that it is both. I was particularly interested in the spectrum or continuum of the two understandings. A full str...