1st Edition

Multimodal Literacy in English as an Additional Language in Higher Education

274 Pages 80 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 80 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 80 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Multimodal Literacy in English as an Additional Language in Higher Education addresses three key aspects of multimodal literacy in higher education: identifying what is understood by multimodal literacy, its teachability in the EAL context, and how to integrate multimodal competence into professional development programmes. This edited collection provides a diverse and international... Read more

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List of contributors

Preface

Mercedes Querol-Julián and Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez

PART I. Conceptualising multimodal literacy in higher education

Chapter 1: Multimodal literacy at the university: the ins and outs of educating in English as an additional language

Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez and Mercedes Querol-Julián

Chapter 2: Infographics, inter-semiosis, and multimodal literacy in science education

Len Unsworth

Chapter 3: Designing for multimodal literacy and socio-emotional learning through digital multimodal composing

Yingxue Liu and Fei Victor Lim

Chapter 4: Multimodality and transposition in collaborative language learning

Anastasia-Olga (Olnancy) Tzirides, Vania Carvalho de Castro, Bill Cope, and Mary Kalantzis

PART II. Multimodal literacy pedagogies in EAL courses

Chapter 5: A multimodal assessment grid to guide the design and evaluation of instructional video tutorials

Dacia Dressen-Hammouda and Ciara R. Wigham

Chapter 6: Multimodality and mathematics literacy: knowledge visualisation and construction through a bilingual mobile learning app

Esther Ka-man Tong and Angel M.Y. Lin

Chapter 7: Assessing multimodal discourse in digital storytelling for ESP: from theory to practice

Alexandra Santamaría Urbieta and Elena Alcalde Peñalver

Chapter 8: Enhancing multimodal literacy in ESP: a focus on digital multimodal composition for video game reviews

Vicent Beltrán-Palanques and Nuria Edo-Marzá

PART III. Multimodal literacy pedagogies and professional development

Chapter 9: Developing multimodal interactional competence in EMI lecturers. Reflexive practice in an online international programme

Mercedes Querol-Julián

Chapter 10: Multimodal and digital literacies in EME professional development programmes to promote students’ interaction and engagement

Natalia Norte

Chapter 11: Multimodality in EAL teacher education: an example from the Norwegian context

Sigrid Ørevik, Aud Solbjørg Skulstad and Sophia Diamantopoulou

Biography

Mercedes Querol-Julián is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the Department of English Teaching, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Spain. Her main research interests include multimodal literacy, multimodal analysis, digital interaction, digital teaching, English-medium instruction, and teacher professional development. She leads the research group Personal and Professional Development through Digital Genres (PRODIGI) at UNIR.

Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez is a Full Professor in the Department of English Studies, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain, where she co-chairs the Group for Research on Academic and Professional English (GRAPE). Her research interests are related to multimodal discourse analysis, multimodal literacy, and Content and Language Integrated Learning in tertiary and pre-tertiary education. She has over 100 articles and chapters published in high-ranked journals and books.