Recent definitions of competences students should acquire in the EFL classroom include three receptiveskills – reading, listening, viewing – and three productive skills – speaking, writing and mediating(Surkamp/Yearwood 2018; Kirchhoff 2018). Writing, one of the productive skills, plays a huge role in theELF classroom, as it is used by the …
Digitization has changed our lives a lot over the past few decades. Therefore, education has to be adapted. The pedagogy of multiliteracies becomes more important to prepare students for all areas of life in this modern world. Writing in the EFL classroom always played an important role in teaching. Nowadays …
Writing is a part of our daily life. In fact, people write every day: They write a messaged, shopping lists or even work on their upcoming bestseller-book.In these three examples, people use different media to write. One uses hissmartphone, another one his notebook and another one his computer. Throughtechnology, writing …
The “Pedagogy of Multiliteracies” is a new approach of teaching and learning English that was developed by the New London Group in 1996. The two main ideas of this new approach are linguistic diversity and multimodal forms of linguistic expression and representation. The question is in which way writing is …
Reading the newspaper in the morning, chatting with friends in the afternoon, and watching a show in the evening seem to have nothing in common except for being a part of our daily routine. But they share an important quality: They are all a part of multiliteracies. Although we are …
Dear community,We all learned much about multiliteracies over the last few weeks. What doesmultiliteracy mean? What role does it play in the 21st century? I have never thoughtabout this topic before, but I think it is necessary to be aware of its importance.Before the technological progress got as big as …
Before I am going to answer the question “What role do multiliteracies play forwriting in the 21st century?”, I want to go through – what for many of us probably was – thetypical process of working on this task.The first point of reference for this writing task probably were the …
It is the 21st century and we are more aware of the importance of skills like critical thinking, problem-solving and social and cultural awareness than ever, aren’t we??? In this globalized world, we foster learning strategies and social skills because we may need to communicate and collaborate with people from …
Today, as the world around us seemingly changes from one minute to the next,everything seems to happen so quickly and the world is interconnected, possibilitiesseem endless. In fact, thanks to the development of the internet, ideas spread likewildfire and people can reach one another within seconds. We can learn about …
The attitudes towards foreign language classes diverge widely. Some persons think a language teacher should teach writing and reading predominately while others think creative aspects and speaking are more important. In the following, the role of multiliteracies in the 21st century will be illustrated. To start with a consensus in …