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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.
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Preface
PART I. Conceptualising multimodal literacy in higher educationChapter 1: Multimodal literacy at the university: the ins and outs of educating in English as an additional language
Chapter 2: Infographics, inter-semiosis, and multimodal literacy in science education
Chapter 3: Designing for multimodal literacy and socio-emotional learning through digital multimodal composing
Chapter 4: Multimodality and transposition in collaborative language learning
PART II. Multimodal literacy pedagogies in EAL coursesChapter 5: A multimodal assessment grid to guide the design and evaluation of instructional video tutorials
Chapter 6: Multimodality and mathematics literacy: knowledge visualisation and construction through a bilingual mobile learning app
Chapter 7: Assessing multimodal discourse in digital storytelling for ESP: from theory to practice
Chapter 8: Enhancing multimodal literacy in ESP: a focus on digital multimodal composition for video game reviews
PART III. Multimodal literacy pedagogies and professional developmentChapter 9: Developing multimodal interactional competence in EMI lecturers. Reflexive practice in an online international programme
Chapter 10: Multimodal and digital literacies in EME professional development programmes to promote students' interaction and engagement
Chapter 11: Multimodality in EAL teacher education: an example from the Norwegian context
About the author
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.
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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.
