Multimodality and methodological innovation in ELT: The picturebook as a literary and visual resource for the development of knowledge

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https://doi.org/10.26378/rnlael1428377

Keywords:

curriculum innovation, multimodal resources, multiliteracies, picturebooks, EFL, research

Abstract

This article focuses on the innovation project “Multimodal resources and literacy” (UV-SFPIE_GER18-952026) carried out at the Faculty of Education of the University of Valencia during the academic years 2017-18 and 2018-19. In line with the challenges of the 21st C. digital society and based on the approach of the pedagogy of multiliteracies for the development of knowledge, it proposes multimodality, and in particular, picturebooks, first, as a key literacy and aesthetic resource for the training of pre-service teachers of EFL and, second, as an interdisciplinary platform for meaning making. The results of the qualitative research conducted throughout a series of different case studies and the curricular proposals implemented in the Primary Education classrooms  allow us to confirm the validity of the hypothesis.

 

Author Biographies

Agustin Reyes Torres, Universitat de València

Professor of the Department of Didactics of Language and Literature at the University of Valencia. He did a Master's degree in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa (USA) and a PhD in English Philology at the University of Valencia. He has taught a wide variety of classes in the United States in both literature and language at the University of Virginia and Middlebury College (Vermont). His lines of research focus on the training of future teachers in the field of foreign languages and on the development of literary competence and the pedagogy of multiliteracies..

Matilde Portales Raga, Universitat de València

Professor in the Department of "Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Bodily Expression" at the University of Valencia. Her current line of research focuses on children's book illustration, multimodality and the development of multiliteracies. She also works as an illustrator with international publishers, creating projects for young readers.

Paula Bonilla Tramoyeres, CEIP Lope de Vega

Primary school teacher specialized in teaching English. She graduated in Primary Education with a mention in foreign language at the University of Valencia, where she also did a Master's Degree in Research in Specific Didactics. She currently works as a teacher at the public school CEIP Lope de Vega in Torrent, putting into practice different methodologies such as project-based learning, pedagogy of multiliteracies, use of ICT, gamification and inclusion of European projects in the classroom.

 

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Published

2020-04-16

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Reyes Torres, A., Portales Raga, M., & Bonilla Tramoyeres, P. (2020). Multimodality and methodological innovation in ELT: The picturebook as a literary and visual resource for the development of knowledge. Nebrija Journal of Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching, 14(28), 54–77. https://doi.org/10.26378/rnlael1428377

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Vol. 14 No. 28 (2020): Issue 28

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Thematic section "Computer Learners Corpora..."

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