Multimodality, mass migration and English language teaching

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  • Vanderlei J. Zacchi Universidade Federal de Sergipe ##default.groups.name.author##

Keywords:

multimodality, ELT, migration, the four-resources model

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the use of multimodality in English language teaching. The corpus consists of a set of activities based on a series of pictures related to the seizure of two trucks carrying US-bound migrants in 2011. Two different groups, comprised of pre-service and in-service English language teachers, took part in the research. The first part of the activity involved loose interpretations of the pictures and a discussion about migration nowadays. Afterwards, other activities were carried out based on Luke and Freebody's four-resources model (1990). Some preliminary analyses lead us to conclude that the reading of images is very much culturally sensitive and that multimodal ways of meaning making are becoming more powerful in the globalized, digital era, turning them into an important means for English teaching nowadays.

 

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Author Biography

  • Vanderlei J. Zacchi, Universidade Federal de Sergipe
    Professor do Departamento de Letras Estrangeiras e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras

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Published

Dec-Mon-2016

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 4 (2016): Estudos sobre multimodalidade

Section

Número temático - Estudos sobre multimodalidade - lançamento em 2016

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