Title:
New literacies and the English curriculum : multimodal perspectives
Publication Information:
London : Continuum, 2008
Physical Description:
xvii, 369 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780826499455
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Author Notes
Len Unsworth is Professor in English and Literacies Education at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements | p. ix |
Contributors | p. xi |
Preface | p. xv |
Part 1 Introduction | p. 1 |
1 Negotiating New Literacies in English Teaching | p. 3 |
Part 2 Multimodality in Early Literacy Learning | p. 21 |
2 The Designs of Culture, Knowledge, and Interaction in the Reading of Language and Image | p. 23 |
3 Multimodal Texts and Emergent Literacy in Early Childhood | p. 47 |
Part 3 Interpreting Literacy Picture Books: Social Semiotic Perspectives | p. 67 |
4 Anthropocentrism and the Haecceitas of Nature in Multimodal Ecological Discourses for Children | p. 69 |
5 The Role of Colour in Children's Picture Books: Choices in ambience | p. 89 |
6 Intermodal Reconciliation: Mates in Arms | p. 112 |
7 Savvy Sambo: Appraising an Icon | p. 149 |
Part 4 New English and Net-Age Students in the Middle Years | p. 165 |
8 Machinima: Composing 3D Multimedia Narratives | p. 167 |
9 Comparing and Composing Digital Re-presentations of Literature: Multimedia Authoring and Meta-communicative Knowledge | p. 186 |
Part 5 Re-Thinking Test Responses in Secondary School English | p. 213 |
10 Senior Secondary English and Its Goals: Making Sense of 'The Journey' | p. 215 |
11 Appreciation and Interpretation of Prose Fiction Online | p. 238 |
Part 6 Challenges of Assessment in the English Curriculum | p. 267 |
12 The Influence of Images in Reading Comprehension Assessment in Group Tests | p. 269 |
13 Multiliteracies and 'Basic Skills' Accountability | p. 283 |
14 Secondary School English, Literacy Examinations and Attitude: Utilizing Appraisal to Interpret Values in Image/Text Relations | p. 309 |
15 Assessing Digital Literacies: Can Assessment Ever Be the Same? | p. 328 |
Appendix 1 Performance Terrain in Shaping Online Multimodal Texts | p. 353 |
Index | p. 355 |