multimodality
- noun
- /ˌmʌltiˈmoʊdəlɪti/
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multimodalidad
- Effective communication in today's world often relies on multimodality, integrating text, images, and video.
- multimodality and literacy
- multimodality and literacy skill
- multimodality theory
Examples
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The key characteristic that makes the story engaging is multimodality.
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We begin by grounding our work in multimodality theory.
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Issue #3: Multimodality and Literacy Skill Development
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Multimodality in Middle and High School: A Sampler
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Issue #4: Multimodality, Literacy Skill Development, and ELs
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Although multimodality acknowledges the role of the individual in meaning making, it focuses on the text rather than on the text user or producer.
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Multimodality also opens up opportunities to engage reluctant readers, who fall into two categories: the aliterate and the low literate.
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In this first column, I consider how multiliteracies, multimodalities, digital literacy, and digital technology integration have been confused and conflated within the field of education.
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Adding the assessment of multimodal skills and attempting to prove links between multimodality and literacy skill development amid these other factors is, I contend, akin to opening Pandora's box.
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Ironically, though the questions surrounding these issues are complex, and though assessing the impact of multimodal video composition on literacy skill development is, as noted, a somewhat fuzzy science, my research has yielded evidence of links between multimodality, literacy skills, and ELs.
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How Many Modes
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Surface Forms
Morphology
multimodality = multimodal (transparent) = multi + modal + ity
The noun transparently denotes the quality or state of being multimodal, with a standard adjective-plus-ity formation.
Etymology
Multimodality comes from multi- 'many' and mode 'way' or 'method', so it literally means 'many ways'. Picture a lesson that uses text, pictures, and audio at the same time. That's why multimodality in communication or learning means using several forms or methods together.
