Multimodal interaction

2011). Through knowing and understanding literacy and numeracy teaching strategies (2.5 AITSL, 2011) and by planning for and implementing an effective teaching and learning environment that includes goals, structure, a range of teaching pedagogies, multimodal resources, and effective classroom communication (3.1 - 3.5 AITSL,…

Language is multimodal, verbal language such as speech and visual communication such as writing, expressions and gestures. Communication can occur face to face, over a distance or it can be recorded. Language first began as speech and has developed over time due to written text and advances in technology (Gee & Hayes, 2011, p. 9). Thesis statement Language is visual in many ways. It can be seen in symbols body language, sign language and in written texts. Some of these visual aspects accompany…

James B. Hetrick Professor Joy Cooney English 1010 22 Apr 2015 Public School Music: Are We Preaching to the Choir? Words can often fail us when we want to convey our emotions. In fact, words can even be our downfall in certain situations. What do we use when we have no words? One of the most commonly used ways is through music. Music serves as an outlet to express our feelings and just escape from the trying times we might be facing. . Unfortunately people within the education system are…

into mass culture and folklore and folk culture (Buhmann, Hellmueller, & Bosshart, 2015). Similarly, in the field of early childhood education, it is no doubt that popular culture exists in children’s lives and they experience it through everyday interactions. With this in mind, sometimes the existence of popular culture makes people wonder…

Introduction The fundamental function of language underpins most everything that the 21st-century learner engages in; including, multimodal mediums such as; visual, written, symbolic, and oral representations; language is consequently seen and heard. The contextual components of language cement meaning and understanding for the diversity of participants, while the malleability of language has witnessed the growth of dynamic capabilities (Emmitt, 2010, p. 54). The ever-evolving nature of language…

of graphic, illustration relevance, explanation of lists and tables, and captions (Bastable, 2014). The layout and typography section focuses on subheadings, layout and typography (Bastable, 2014). The learning and motivation category includes interaction, behaviors, and motivation/self-efficiency (Bastable, 2014). Lastly, the cultural appropriateness category discusses cultural image and language/experience (Bastable, 2014). The material is assessed through utilizing a point system in each of…

Preface I chose this topic because I have two sons that have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). My youngest son is ten and was diagnosed when he was in kindergarten. My oldest son was in third grade when he was diagnosed, but he is nineteen now and has graduated from high school. When my oldest son’s second grade teacher first approached me with her concerns of him possibly having ADHD, I instantly felt a stabbing sensation within me, almost like if someone had…

This morality is how they will come to view aggression and violence. The early childhood years are when children begin to demonstrate their levels of aggression as well as violence. Aggression and violence are both very common during the preschool years. Many children display aggression but it is not always displayed in a violent way. There are two forms of aggression which are instrumental aggression and relational aggression. Feldman defines instrumental aggression as “aggression…

With the development of technology, internet gradually becomes an important element in many areas. The high efficiency and convenience of the internet benefits many individuals and groups. Internet also involves higher education in many different ways, and online course is one of them. When the online courses appear, people begin to compare them with traditional classes which are taught in visual classroom. As a result, two groups of people with different ideas on online courses will against…

“It is difficult for grown-up persons, unless perchance helped by a hateful memory of their own terrors in childhood, to realise the terrible agonies of fright and anguish, which seize some nervous children when they are alone in the dark, or are left by themselves in a large room, or have to pass a room or closet of which they have conceived some formless dread, or are sent alone on a strange errand” was a quote adapted from “The Pathology of Mind: a Study of its Distempers, Deformities, and…