Establishing a Culture of Achievement:

Multiliteracies in the ELT ClassroomSession #1 – 13 July 2012

What is Multiliteracy?

• What are multiliteracies?• Your thoughts?• Share with a partner

What is literacy?

• Traditional meaning• New London Group (1996) –

introduces the idea of multiliteracies

What is a “culture of achievement”?

• What do you think?• Why is this important for your

students?

. . . From Wikipedia

• “Due to changes in the world, especially globalization and an increase in immigration, a debate has arisen about the way students are instructed and learning in school. . .

. . . Continued. . .

• . . .English, and all subjects, should evolve to incorporate multimodal ways of communication. The New London Group (1996) proposes the teaching of all representations of meaning including, linguistic, visual, audio, spacial, gestural, and multimodal . . .

. . . Continued. . .

• . . . through a balanced classroom design of Situated Practice, Overt Instruction, Critical Framing and Transformed Practice. . .

. . . Continued. . .

• . . . Students need to draw on their own experiences and semiotic literacy practices to represent and communicate meaning.”

Key Vocabulary

• Multimodal• Situated Practice• Overt Instruction• Critical Framing• Semiotic Literacy Practices

Discussion

• With a partner• Whole group

Overview of this Series

• 6 sessions• Marti will lead first 3• Shei will lead final 3• Ideas introduced and explored in Sessions 1-3• Participants bring in examples from their

classrooms in Sessions 4-6• Similar to last series on Unlocking Student’s

Voices

6 Sessions

• #1 - 13 July: Introduction to multiliteracies. Use of technology

• #2 - 27 July: Critical reading and assessment in online work

• #3 - 10 August: Bridging the gap between cultures and social networking

6 Sessions Continued

• #4 – 24 August: Sharing of work from Session #1

• #5 – 7 September: Sharing of work from Session #2

• #6 – 21 September: Sharing of work from Session #3

What Does it Mean to be Literate in the 21st Century?

• Make note of key ideas.• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn0_H-k

vxkU&feature=related

Key points

• Share with a partner• Whole group

Many Texts, Many Voices

One resource – available online.

Ideas from Many Texts, Many Voices. . .

What does an Inquiry Focus mean?

What is a Critical Literacy Classroom?

• Allan Luke• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=4QdA5nP_dWQ• Make note of key concepts

Discuss

• With a partner• Whole group

Survey about your students

• Assignment for Session #2• Bring the information to share

What do you think about your students?

• How would you define their new capacity to learn?• What social issues are important

to your students?

Assignment for Session #4

• Send to Shei examples of student work that you feel reflect multiliteracy.

• Some will be shared. Shei will bring other examples.

• Shei.sanchez@gmail.com

Thank you!

• See you in 2 weeks, Friday, 27 July 2012.