Multimodality Pedagogies: A Multiliteracies Approach

Book Review: Multiliteracies and diversity in education: new pedagogies for expanding landscapes

This edited book presents the work of eight authors from diverse backgrounds. It addresses aspects of teaching and learning that are inter-related in that they are each founded on a particular pedagogical approach. While it has clear connections with what is generally known as ‘literacy’, it covers a much broader scope than would traditionally come under the ‘literacy’ umbrella. This ranges fro...

The Significance of Multimodality/Multiliteracies in Iranian EFL Learners’ Meaning- Making Process

The main objective of this study was to investigate how Iranian EFL learners used their literacy practices and multimodal resources to mediate interpretation and representation of an advertisement text and construct their understanding of it. Fifteen female adolescents at an intermediate level of proficiency read the "مبلمان برلیان" (“Brelian Furniture”) advertisement text and re-created their ...

Cardiac cyst hydatid: a multimodality approach.

Imaging the posterior mediastinum: a multimodality approach.

The posterior mediastinum contains several structures that can produce a wide variety of pathologic conditions. Descending thoracic aorta, esophagus, azygos and hemiazygos veins, thoracic duct, lymph nodes, adipose tissue, and nerves are all located in this anatomical region and can produce diverse abnormalities. Although chest radiography may detect many of these pathologic conditions, compute...

Recognising difference: One of the challenges of using a multiliteracies approach

It’s not unusual for a multiliteracies approach to literacy teaching to be equated with the literacies associated with computers and other information communication technologies. Although literacy educators need to take account of these emerging technoliteracies, a multiliteracies approach should encompass much more than that. What can sometimes be forgotten are the diverse social, cultural and...