Essays about: "Multimodal literacy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Multimodal literacy.

1. 1. Graphic Novels and Reading:The impact of reading graphic novels in theupper secondary classroom

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

   Author : Sanna Hedin; Cathrine Flymén; [2023]
   Keywords : Graphic Novel; English as a Foreign Language; Reading Motivation; Reading Comprehension; Multiliteracy; Critical Literacy;

   Abstract : According to recent reports (Dahlberg & Jarnlo, 2021), young Swedish people are amongthose who read the least number of printed books in the world. This study aims to investigatewhat current research postulates regarding how reading graphic novels may affect the readingmotivation, cultural awareness, and critical literacy, among upper secondary school students. READ MORE

3. 2. Curiouser and Curiouser : How To Use Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Multimodal Teaching

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Nicolina Ljungqvist; [2022]
   Keywords : multimodality; teaching; multimodal literacy; Alice s Adventures in Wonderland; literacy; ESL;

   Abstract : Working with different media in language teaching is increasingly popular. Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland originally used two different media: text and images. READ MORE

4. 3. More Than a Stepping-Stone? : A Study of the Uses of Comics and Graphic Novels as Multimodal Teaching Material in English Courses at Upper and Lower Secondary Schools in Sweden

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Gunnar Ernsth Bravell; [2020]
   Keywords : Graphic Novels; Comics; Teaching; Literature; Multimodality;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine upper and lower secondary school teachers’ experiences of using graphic novels in the English subject in Swedish schools in order to discuss if, and how, multimodal texts can be used to increase students’ motivation to read and analyze fictional texts. This is done through qualitative semi-structured interviews with 12 participants currently working as English teachers from both upper and lower secondary schools in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 4. Storytime at Irish Libraries : How public libraries can boostearly literacy through reading promotion events

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   Author : Mariana O'Driscoll; [2019]
   Keywords : library and information science; reading promotion; early literacy; storytime; children’s library; sociocultural perspective; digital technologies; multimodal learning;

   Abstract : The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to explore how libraries’ storytime for babies and toddlers can be construedas a reading promotion event which boosts early literacy, by ways of a multiple-case study of storytime at four public libraries in western Ireland. The study will also explore how the different libraries design these events and include different elements of traditional reading and storytelling, multimodal reading and technology, participation, and accessibility and inclusion through a sociocultural lens. READ MORE

6. 5. Multimodal Literacy as a form of Communication : What is the state of the students at Dalarna University multimodal literacy?

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Ljud- och musikproduktion

   Author : Ralph Ferguson; [2015]
   Keywords : Multimodal literacy; audio-visual; video; audio; images; text; multimodal; Dalarna;

   Abstract : Literacy is an invaluable asset to have, and has allowed for communication, documentation and the spreading of ideas since the beginning of the written language. With technological advancements, and new possibilities to communicate, it is important to question the degree to which people’s abilities to utilise these new methods have developed in relation to these emerging technologies. READ MORE