Learning a Thousand Words: EFL Learners’ Development of Vision Competencies
Visual literacy (VL), despite its significance, has not received deserved attention in EFL classes in Iran. Addressing this pedagogic and research lacuna, the researchers integrated VL practices into a General English course attended by female university learners, and examined the vision competencie...
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University of Tabriz
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| author | Seyyedeh Fahimeh Parsaiyan Mansoureh Jalilian Khadijeh Karimi Alavijeh |
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| description | Visual literacy (VL), despite its significance, has not received deserved attention in EFL classes in Iran. Addressing this pedagogic and research lacuna, the researchers integrated VL practices into a General English course attended by female university learners, and examined the vision competencies developed by them. The analysis of the data collected through class observation, learner documents, and semi-structured interviews revealed that the learners developed the vision competencies regarding compositional, affective, and critical dimensions of visuals. It is hoped that the findings of this small-scale study encourage language planners, materials developers, and English teachers to pay heightened attention to the visuals’ potential and open more spaces for VL development in their curricula, materials, and language teaching practices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-566e2bc642ea41ddb90b5f5adf68e17f2024-03-19T22:27:52ZengUniversity of TabrizJournal of English Language Teaching and Learning2251-79952676-68762022-11-01143024526310.22034/elt.2022.53401.250615371Learning a Thousand Words: EFL Learners’ Development of Vision CompetenciesSeyyedeh Fahimeh Parsaiyan0Mansoureh Jalilian1Khadijeh Karimi Alavijeh2Department of English, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, IranDepartment of English, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, IranDepartment of English, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, IranVisual literacy (VL), despite its significance, has not received deserved attention in EFL classes in Iran. Addressing this pedagogic and research lacuna, the researchers integrated VL practices into a General English course attended by female university learners, and examined the vision competencies developed by them. The analysis of the data collected through class observation, learner documents, and semi-structured interviews revealed that the learners developed the vision competencies regarding compositional, affective, and critical dimensions of visuals. It is hoped that the findings of this small-scale study encourage language planners, materials developers, and English teachers to pay heightened attention to the visuals’ potential and open more spaces for VL development in their curricula, materials, and language teaching practices.https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_15371_68ce993c2802473b3d03714b0da30752.pdfefl learnersgeneral englishliteracyvisual literacyvision competencies |
| spellingShingle | Seyyedeh Fahimeh Parsaiyan Mansoureh Jalilian Khadijeh Karimi Alavijeh Learning a Thousand Words: EFL Learners’ Development of Vision Competencies Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning efl learners general english literacy visual literacy vision competencies |
| title | Learning a Thousand Words: EFL Learners’ Development of Vision Competencies |
| title_full | Learning a Thousand Words: EFL Learners’ Development of Vision Competencies |
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| title_sort | learning a thousand words efl learners development of vision competencies |
| topic | efl learners general english literacy visual literacy vision competencies |
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