Elaborating Multiliteracies through Multimodal Texts: Changing Classroom Practices and Developing Teacher Pedagogies

by Geoff Bull and Michèle Anstey. London, New York: Routledge, 2019. Pp. 328.

Authors

  • Jinyou Zhou Beijing Normal University
  • Lin Cong Beijing Normal University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56498/832562021

Abstract

Reviewed by Jinyou Zhou and Lin Cong
School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China

Author Biographies

Jinyou Zhou, Beijing Normal University

Jinyou Zhou is currently a PhD candidate at Beijing Normal University. He is interested in the research on multimodality and that on pedagogies for multimodal literacies from perspectives of systemic-functional linguistics and social semiotics, aiming to help the underdeveloped students advance their abilities of consuming and producing multimodal texts. He recently works on the question of how scientific knowledge is built via multimodal resources in secondary science textbooks across a range of disciplines.

Lin Cong, Beijing Normal University

Lin Cong is currently a PhD candidate at Beijing Normal University. Her interest focuses on multimodal studies in English language teaching. She is now working on the strategies that aid teachers to develop their pedagogical efficiencies and teaching plans when using the integration of text and image in English textbooks to achieve their teaching purposes effectively.

References

Rothery, J., & Stenglin, M. (1994). Writing a book review: A unit of work for junior secondary English (Write it right resources for literacy and learning). Sydney: Metropolitan East Disadvantaged Schools Program.

Pearson, P. D., & Gallagher, M. C. (1983). The instruction of reading comprehension. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 8(3), 317-344.

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Published

2021-11-06

How to Cite

Jinyou Zhou, & Lin Cong. (2021). Elaborating Multiliteracies through Multimodal Texts: Changing Classroom Practices and Developing Teacher Pedagogies: by Geoff Bull and Michèle Anstey. London, New York: Routledge, 2019. Pp. 328 . English As a Foreign Language International Journal, 1(3), 66–68. https://doi.org/10.56498/832562021

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Book Review