Answer to Question #314030 in English for faro

Question

Explain in no more than two paragraphs how this story can be adapted for a multimodal method of teaching in which images, sounds, and textures are used to teach the story. Your answer must include examples of adapting the story that makes references to the story and may list any number of multimodal genres as long as you ensure you discuss how images, sounds and textures can be included in teaching. (For example, if one genre of multimodal media you mention covers image and sound, you only need to mention one more that involves texture.) Do not mention media that Foundation phase children are unlikely to operate by themselves without explaining how the teacher will operate the required technology. (10 marks)

You will receive four marks for language.

Answer 1

A multimodal story is told using two or more modes of communication, such as written words, images, audio, gestures or dance. Multimodal texts combine two or more modes such as written language, spoken language, visual (still and moving image), audio, gestural, and spatial meaning (The New London Group, 2000; Cope and Kalantzis, 2009). Multimodal is the combination of two or more of these modes to create meaning. Most of the texts that we use are multimodal, including picture books, text books, graphic novels, films, e-posters, web pages, and oral storytelling as they require different modes to be used to make meaning. Supporting multimodal literacy is an important aspect of education today as it encourages students to understand the ways media shapes their world. Most, if not all texts today, can be considered “multimodal texts,” as they combine modes such as visuals, audio, and alphabetic or linguistic text.