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Multimodal Approaches to Teaching Additional Languages (98317)
Session Chair: Andreea Cervatiuc
Sunday, 4 January 2026 13:55
Session: Session 3 (Parallel)
Room: Hawaii Convention Center: Room 303A
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
This presentation will report on a recent conceptual research study that analyzes multimodal additional language teaching, drawing on relevant research (Diamantopoulou, & Ørevik, 2021; Magnusson, & Godhe, 2019). The presentation will begin with a discussion of the differences between traditional approaches to additional language teaching, which focused on meaning-making through the separation of language strands and modes of communication, and multimodal approaches, which combine oral communication, writing, images, and videos. The presentation will make the case that multimodal approaches to teaching and learning additional languages can positively affect language learners’ literacy development, critical thinking, and creativity. Drawing on the socio-semiotic approach to education (Kalantzis, & Cope, 2012), multimodal additional language teaching and learning are conceptualized as creative acts. Teaching is viewed as designing for learning, while learning is conceptualized as redesigning (Kress, 2010). The presentation will discuss and recommend several multimodal approaches to teaching additional languages, which educators can design and implement in their classrooms: multimodal identity texts, films as resources for students’ development of multimodal literacy, graphic novels, reading literature through drawing, and digital storytelling. The findings of this study can have relevant implications for applied linguists, teachers, and language learners.
Authors:
Andreea Cervatiuc, University of British Columbia, Canada
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Andreea Cervatiuc is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at University of British Columbia in Canada
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