April 2014

Multimodality in

Oral Discourse

Professor Reinildes Dias

FALE - UFMG

Rethinking literacy education in new

times: multimodality, multiliteracies, &

new literacies.

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Gadgets

http://tinyurl.com/wesley-fryer

Adaptado de FRYER, W. (2006)

Just for fun!

A merge of linguistics with social semiotics (Kress, 2003)

Emphasis not on language alone (theverbal code) but on a combination of different semiotic codes.

Features of present Applied Linguistics studies

Semiotic codes or modes

Linguistic - oral and written language: use of vocabulary & grammarVisual - still & moving images, colors.

Auditory – music & sound effects: use of volume, pitch & rhythm.Gestural – facial expressions & body language.Spatial – layout & organization of objects & space.

Handwriting on paper is becoming less common.

The concept of writing includes sending:

(1) text messages (e-mails – texting)

(2) speaking messages (www.voki.com)

(3) video messages (www.mailvu.com)

http://www.save-money-with-alternative-energy.com/lets-all-go-green.html

The concept of literacy:

Not only about words on paper and oral speech.

Also includes digital technology, sound, music, words, still and moving images.

From literacy to multiliteracy

From monomodal to multimodal texts

Multimodality

Influenced by digital technologies and how they have transformed our communicational landscape.

“The world told is a different world fromthe world shown.”Kress, 2003

Multimodal texts

Express meaning through different semiotic modes.

Invite multiple interpretations.

communication occurs through different but

synchronous modes: language, print, images,

graphics, movement, gesture, texture, music,

sound.

Theory of Multimodality

(Multi)Literacy involves students’ capacity to function appropriately in a (multi) literate environment.

This (multi)literate environment includes reading, writing, viewing. It also includes the creation of multimodal texts.

Reception:LISTENING

Production:SPEAKING

Create movies in English with

WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER Video production

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/

http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html

Reception:

LISTENING to podcasts

Production:

Creating podcasts

Less downloads, more uploads!

Let’s encourage our student tolearn online.

Digital learning: Going beyondthe walls of English classrooms.

Web tools that can

be used in your

classes. PodCast

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/index.html

www.prezi.com

www.voki.com

www.wall.com

HIGH UP is an example of a set of textbooks for Ensino Médio that deals with issues of multimodality and literacies.

Approved by PNLD (Programa Nacional do Livro Didático, Brazil Ministry of Education, 2015). It can be adopted for high-school students by ENGLISH TEACHERS all over Brazil.

Publisher: Macmillan do Brazil.

Thank you very much

reinildes@gmail.com

Meet me at:

www.letras.ufmg.br/profs/reinildes

Also at: www.reinildes.com.br

Also on the Portal for the English Teacher, created by me, at: http://tinyurl.com/reinildesdias