Transforming Literacies and Language: Multimodality and Literacy in the New Media Age
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Transforming Literacies and Language: Multimodality and Literacy in the New Media Age
By (Author) Dr Caroline M. L. Ho
Edited by Dr Kate T. Anderson
Edited by Alvin P. Leong
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Continuum Publishing Corporation
30th July 2012
NIPPOD
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Language acquisition
410
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
392g
Description
Technology-mediated communication cannot help but inform our literacies. This book is a reconceptualization of the role of language and pedagogy in what Kress (2003) has termed the new media age. At the heart of the volume is the notion of 'transformation' - a change in discourse practices, meaning making, technology and, as a result, literacy acquisition itself. The chapters look at language as positioned in a hugely multimodal world. Communication extends beyond the traditional realms of discourse, from the collaborative efforts of wikis to the hybrid speech and text of online messaging. These new areas of meaning-making are excellent and extremely important avenues to explore for academics interested in applied linguistics, language and literature, language acquisition and multimodality.
Author Bio
Kate T. Anderson is Assistant Professor in the Learning Sciences and Technologies Academic Group and Faculty Researcher in the Learning Sciences Lab at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Alvin P. Leong is a Lecturer in the Language and Communication Department, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
