Due to the expanding variety of modes of communication and tools for meaning-making, multimodal representation and multiple forms of text have been a common occurrence. It is essential for today＇s reader/viewer to fo...Due to the expanding variety of modes of communication and tools for meaning-making, multimodal representation and multiple forms of text have been a common occurrence. It is essential for today＇s reader/viewer to foster the capacity to critically deconstruct and reconstruct multimodal texts. And it is a must to expand traditional conceptions of literacy to multiliteracies. This paper, from the perspective of both theories and practices, explores and analyzes visual literacy, media literacy, digital literacy, critical literacy, and postmodern literacy in college English pedagogy, so as to fully develop the learners＇ multiliteracies展开更多
Tongji University and Beijing Foreign Studies University recently have set up a joint Multimodal, Multimedia, and Multi-environment Learning Research Lab （3-ML Lab for short） for in-service teachers to videotape the...Tongji University and Beijing Foreign Studies University recently have set up a joint Multimodal, Multimedia, and Multi-environment Learning Research Lab （3-ML Lab for short） for in-service teachers to videotape their own classroom teaching so that they can reflect upon real-life performances. This paper presents an outline of a chess master model for in- service teacher development involving the use of the 3-ML Lab. The model consists of four essential components： （a） the design phase, （b） the performance phase, （c） the reflection phase, and （d） the application phase. A mini-case study is presented to demonstrate how the model works in practice. The model is evaluated against other models of teacher development as found in Wallace （1991）. A distinctive feature of the chess master model is its methodology in multimodal text analysis （MTA） as a way for critical self-reflection.展开更多
文摘Due to the expanding variety of modes of communication and tools for meaning-making, multimodal representation and multiple forms of text have been a common occurrence. It is essential for today＇s reader/viewer to foster the capacity to critically deconstruct and reconstruct multimodal texts. And it is a must to expand traditional conceptions of literacy to multiliteracies. This paper, from the perspective of both theories and practices, explores and analyzes visual literacy, media literacy, digital literacy, critical literacy, and postmodern literacy in college English pedagogy, so as to fully develop the learners＇ multiliteracies
文摘Tongji University and Beijing Foreign Studies University recently have set up a joint Multimodal, Multimedia, and Multi-environment Learning Research Lab （3-ML Lab for short） for in-service teachers to videotape their own classroom teaching so that they can reflect upon real-life performances. This paper presents an outline of a chess master model for in- service teacher development involving the use of the 3-ML Lab. The model consists of four essential components： （a） the design phase, （b） the performance phase, （c） the reflection phase, and （d） the application phase. A mini-case study is presented to demonstrate how the model works in practice. The model is evaluated against other models of teacher development as found in Wallace （1991）. A distinctive feature of the chess master model is its methodology in multimodal text analysis （MTA） as a way for critical self-reflection.
