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North Pole University of Quebec / Lévis

Lévis… not Levi’s… Nor Elvis. . .

Who’s JF Boutin?

● Ma & Ph. D in Applied linguistics - FRENCH (Laval, 1995 & 1999); former Primary school teacher (until 1999). . . ● Full professor, U of Quebec / Lévis(UQAR), since 1999 ● Deeply Involved in teachers’ preparation & in-service training since then… ● multimodal communication, multimodal media literacy, orthopedagogy (special education), interdisciplinarity, french grammar.

A few questions. . . What is literacy? What are multiliteracies? What is multimodal literacy? What is multimodality? What is a mode (modality)? What is a multimodal ensemble? How can it be used in the teaching of language (first and/or second language)? How it can be used in the teaching of other school subjects?

Efkarsito poli to Dr. Mariann. A Missiou (U of the Aegean; Saroni HS) for its invitation & collaboration while in rhodes

Efkarsito poli also to Lila Minioti, Teacher Adviser for the Regional Division of Southern Aegean, for its collaboration while in Rhodes

What is literacy? What are multiliteracies? What is multimodal literacy? Traditionally, literacy has been described as a person’s global competence to read, write and speak, both individually & in any social context (Kalantzis & Cope, 2012; Gee, 2015; Rowsell & Pahl, 2015). But something very important happened. . .

20 years ago, there was A milestone for language, communication & Literacy studies. . . New London Group Reunited William Kist I was fortunate enough to get to see the reunion of The New London Group at AERA in New Orleans today. This group’s manifesto, published in 1996, has led to so much thinking and great work around new literacies. As you might imagine, the room was packed–it was like a reunion of the Beatles! I’ll write more about this later, but the . . . s r a e y 0 2 y d a Alre main thrust of the two-hour conversation was the challenge of how we can translate and ramp up these ideas to reach many teachers, and whether these ideas can, in fact, be enacted in the school organizational system we currently have in most of the world. Somewhat ironically, I was told there was no wi-fi available in the room, but managed to log onto the Sheraton guest unsecured network and things went well until Standing (l to r): Mary Kalantzis, Bill Cope, James Gee, Carmen Luke, Allan Luke, Gunther Kress. Sitting (l to r): Sarah Michaels, Courtney Cazden, Brian Street

A milestone for language, communication & Literacy studies, just as what was the creation of modal Jazz for instrumental music. . .

What is literacy? What are multiliteracies? What is multimodal literacy? Consequently, multiliteracies should be described as a person’s global competence to interact - reception, production & sharing - with any form of meaning, especially in multiple & diverse social contexts (Kalantzis & Cope, 2012; Lacelle, Lebrun Boutin, 2015; Rowsell & Pahl, 2015). &

What is literacy? What are multiliteracies? What is multimodal literacy? At last, multimodal literacy should be described as a person’s global competence to interact - reception, production & sharing with any form of meaning, especially in multiple & diverse social contexts (Kalantzis & Cope, 2012; Lacelle, Lebrun 2015). & Boutin, 2015; Rowsell & Pahl, Any form of meaning… visual meaning, textual meaning, kinetic meaning, sonorous meaning, etc.

Literacy Multiliteracies Multimodal literacy

Any form of meaning… visual meaning, textual meaning, kinetic/gestural meaning, sonorous meaning, etc. What could be categorized as… Visual meaning? Textual meaning? Kinetic / Gestural meaning? Sonorous meaning?

Multimodality = ? Interactive mobilisazion of at least two semiotic modes when producing / receiving any message. (Jewitt, 2009; Jewitt, Bezemer & O’Hollaan, 2016; Kress, 2003, 2010; Lebrun, Lacelle et Boutin, 2012, 2013; ) Mode = ? Concret mean of meaning-making (Jewitt &al. 2016; Kress, 2009). . . Specific semiotic resources used to shape / make explicit units of mean. (Kress, 1997, 2010; Kress et van Leeuwen; 2006; Lebrun, Lacelle et Boutin, 2012, 2013)

What is multimodality? What is a mode? A mode is a set of tools used to meaning-making… We can SEE most modes… so we can SEE most meanings VISUAL MODE = codes and semiotic ressources use to produce visual meaning TEXTUAL MODE = codes and semiotic ressources use to produce textual meaning KINETIC/GESTURAL MODE = codes and semiotic ressources use to produce kinetic/gestural meaning

What is multimodality? What is a mode? A mode is a set of tools used to meaning-making… We can HEAR some modes… so we can HEAR meanings SONOROUS MODE = codes and semiotic ressources use to produce sonorous meaning

multimodality is like. . . islay single Malt scotch whisky. . .

Or… ouzo!

You may only have a look at the bottle. . . You may only Re. AD the words on the label. . . You may only read the images. . . You may even only open it up to smell the aromas. . .

But there’s nothing like experiencing the. . . INTERACTION of looking, reading, smelling &, foremost, tasting!

MONOmodality… MULTImodality!

What mode(s) is(are) featured here?

What mode(s) is(are) featured here?

What mode(s) is(are) featured here?

What are multimodal ensembles?

http: //annefrank. arte. tv/fr/

So… Multimodality = ? = INTERACTION of at least TWO MODES to exchange meaning. Multimodality involves RECEPTION (reading; listening) and PRODUCTION (writing; drawing; gesturing, moving; etc. ) of messages (complex meaning ensembles). But… MULTIMODALITY IS NOT THE USE OF DIGITAL TOOLS & MEDIAS! MULTIMODALITY IS NOT THE USE OF PRINTED-BASED TOOLS & MEDIAS!

How can it be used in the teaching of language (first and/or second language)?

1 - Printed documents… digital documents. . . 1 - Fiction: any story: novels, comics, graphic novels; poetry, etc. 2 - Non fiction: documentaries of any kind; biographies, autobiographies, informational websites, etc. 3 - Trans-mediating!

2 - Videos, movies, tv & Theater (drama & comedy) 1 - Videos & movies: translating, subtitling, editing, inducing / deducing. . . 2 - TV: the same! 3 - Theater: acting, watching, imitating, performing and same as the above 4 - Trans-mediating!

3 - Smartphones & tablets 1 - Voice recorder: podcasting; oral presentation; interviewing; broadcasting; class webradio; studying; etc… 2 - Camera recorder: photographing, filming, editing, illustrating; photo-roman / «photo novel» … 3 - Apps: browsing, texting, social networking, class communicating; connecting (connectivism); editing, diffusing, sharing, collaborative working (writing / reading via texting / GDrive, GDoc, Gslides; Facetime / Skype); twitteracy; Padlet!

4 - Multimodal skills http: //litmedmod. ca/sites/default/files/multimodalmedia_literacy-competencies-list_0. pdf

It seems to me, finally. . . As teachers, the only thing that really matters for us all is. . . to really enjoy being with the kids while they experiment & learn how to (better) communicate in the contemporary multimodal world we all live in!

FTani… Efkaristo poli! www. litmedmod. ca www. lelimier. com profboutin@gmail. com