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A multiliteracies framework for collegiate foreign language teaching /

To meet the goals of outlining a coherent pedagogical framework grounded in texts and the concept of literacy and of presenting this framework in an accessible manner for novice collegiate foreign language teachers, A Multiliteracies Framework for Collegiate Foreign Language Teaching is organized in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paesani, Kate (Author), Allen, Heather Willis (Author), Dupuy, Beatrice (Professor) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Pearson, [2016]
Series:Theory and practice in second language classroom instruction.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Study and teaching (Higher)
Multilingualism > Study and teaching (Higher)
Multilingualism > Psychological aspects.
Multicultural education.
Literacy programs.
Language teachers.
Table of Contents:
  • Understanding the multiliteracies framework
  • Reconsidering goals, objectives, and assessment from a multiliteracies perspective
  • Reconceptualizing grammar and vocabulary as meaning-making resources
  • Scaffolding oral language use in the classroom
  • Teaching reading as constructing meaning from texts
  • Teaching writing as designing meaning through texts
  • Teaching video-mediated listening as constructing meaning from texts
  • Teaching new literacies: constructing meaning in web 2.0 and beyond.