APLING678 Week 6 - Multimodal Literacies
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...