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 …
Think for a minute: if you had to choose one skill to build a successful life on, which one would it be? Clearly, the definition of a successful life varies from person to person. Feeling satisfied with most areas of your life seems to be a good definition. For most …
Writing a poem or an analysis of Shakespeare’s Orthello (1603) seem to be very conservative tasksin our digitalized world. You might even think that writing an analysis is no longer part of the competencies students need to have in the 21st century, so why then still teach writing in class? …
By definition, “a multiliterate person has ideally developed functional, multimodal, visual anddigital literacies, is able to critically reflect about and evaluate texts, and displays multilingualand transcultural awareness” (Elsner and Viebrock 28). But does this apply to you? Did yourteachers support your development to become a multiliterate person?To gain these abilities, …
Based on trends of sophisticated technology, increasing globalization and digitization the way our society is communicating, teaching and learning has changed dramatically (Zapata & Lacorte, 2018). Especially the extremely limited definition of text which only referred to written pieces of work has altered tremendously (The New London Group, 1996). Nowadays, …
Dear community – Dear (future) teachers, Dear students, thank you for visiting and participating in this project that aims at establishing a platform for reflection and communication among teacher trainees, educators, in-service teachers and students from all over the world. What will, what should education look like in the ongoing …