multimodal texts:
Multimodal texts can be defined as
a “combination of two or more communication modes,” (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting
Authority [ACARA], 2014). These communication modes can be in various
mediums such as print, image, spoken texts or film and computer programs. Some
texts can be described as having multimodality as they have “different
modes of communication,” such as visual, spatial or linguistic and “work
together without one being dominant,” (Burke and Rowsell, 2009, p.106).
The multimodal texts allow students to “make meaning of a text,” by interpreting the text’s different symbols known as semiotic systems, (Anstey and Bull, 2006, p.25). There are five elements which comprise a semiotic system, these include visual, spatial, linguistic, gestural and audio.
This website gives you, as teachers, an insight into how multimodal texts can be used, where they can be implemented and why we have them. It also provides you with examples of how and where they have been used.
The multimodal texts allow students to “make meaning of a text,” by interpreting the text’s different symbols known as semiotic systems, (Anstey and Bull, 2006, p.25). There are five elements which comprise a semiotic system, these include visual, spatial, linguistic, gestural and audio.
This website gives you, as teachers, an insight into how multimodal texts can be used, where they can be implemented and why we have them. It also provides you with examples of how and where they have been used.