Visual Literacy: Reading Signs and Designs in the Foreign Culture.

Morain, Genelle

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ERIC Number: EJ141417

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Publication Date: 1976

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Visual Literacy: Reading Signs and Designs in the Foreign Culture

Morain, Genelle

Foreign Language Annals, 9, 3, 210-216, May 76

The value of visual literacy, the ability to recognize and interpret natural and manmade symbols, to a student of foreign language is stressed. Three groups of nonverbal signs--kinesic elements, environmental elements, and objects invested with a special meaning--are discussed, and methods for teaching visual literacy described. (RM)

Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Language Instruction, Nonverbal Communication, Second Language Learning, Symbolic Language, Symbolism, Teaching Methods, Visual Literacy

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