"This multilingual volume delves into multimodal literacy within educational contexts, exploring its significance across diverse cultural settings. From Singapore's integration of multimodal meaning-making into the English Language syllabus to Slovenia'sreevaluation of pictorial semiotic sources in primary school textbooks, each chapter offers nuanced perspectives on implementation and impact. Contributors illuminate methods to enhance students' understanding of multimodality and genre, advocate for Audio Description in language education, and explore multimodal texts' role in historical education. Through theoretical discourse and practical illustrations, the book elucidates how multimodal texts foster student agency and enrich learning experiences. Offering insights into methodologies and pedagogical approaches, it equips educators to integrate multimodal practices effectively. By highlighting the transformative potential of multimodal literacy, this work contributes to ongoing scholarly conversationsin education, prompting a reevaluation of traditional literacy in the digital era"--
Sonja Starc, Nickolas Komninos: Introduction Fei Victor Lim: From
Literacy to Multiliteracies: Engaging with Multimodal Texts in Singapore
Schools Izaskun Elorza: A Six- Stage Sequential Frame of Migration
Representations in Childrens Picture Books Sophia Diamantopoulou: Student
Agency in the Creation of Multimodal Texts at the Ancient Agora of Athens: A
Political Project Sonja Starc: Premislek o rabi preteno slikovnih izraznih
sredstev vosnovnoolskih ubenikih za slovenino Nickolas Komninos:
Sensitising Students to Multimodality and Genre: A Diamesic and Diachronic
Approach Styliani Karatza: Applying CFRIDiL Guidelines to Create a Digital
Poster in a Primary School Context Elisa Perego and Christopher Taylor:
Audio Description as an Effective Learning Tool in the L1 and L2 Language
Class: Theory and Applications in Primary School
Settings Barbara Baloh and Eva Krinik: Prilagojena slikanica kot pomo pri
uenju branja otrok s
posebnimi potrebami Cvetka Sokolov: One Text, Two Picture Books Barbara
Zorman: Veliki plan obraza in njegove literarne paralele: primer romana/filma
Ko zorijo jagode Notes on Contributors
N.D.G. Komninos (University of Udine) has published extensively on multiliteracy, intercultural communication, and language assessment. His work appears in various academic journals and volumes, including those on designing learning with digital technologies (2024). His contributions significantly impact language, education, and communication studies. Sonja Starc (University of Primorska) is an associate professor and researcher specializing in multimodality, language assessment, and genre studies. Her works are featured in several academic journals and volumes, focusing on educational studies in language and literature, Slovene in schools, and elementary education.