ERIC Number: EJ866362
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Dec
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
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From Print to Critical Multimedia Literacy: One Teacher's Foray into New Literacies Practices
Tan, Lynde; Guo, Libo
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v53 n4 p315-324 Dec 2009
We argue that the literacy landscape today demands that teachers understand what language is and that it is important for both teachers and students to develop the metalanguage to negotiate multimodal texts. We present our exploratory study in a Singapore high school whereby a multiliteracies curriculum was designed and implemented. We describe the strategies we took to infuse critical multimedia literacy in two English language classrooms of 14-year-old students. We also present examples of critical moments whereby shifts and tensions in classroom practices were observed. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Literacy, Information Technology, Internet, Evaluation, Literary Criticism, High Schools, Cooperation, Intervention, Cultural Context, Multimedia Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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