From percentage to prediction
A less-frequently discussed parallel-linguistic issue is the parallel language of visuals and numerals: the diagrams, tables, models, mathematical signs and different symbols that students have to deal with in their reading and writing. Texts are multimodal, that is they are constructed with visual...
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Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos
2011-01-01
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| Online Access: | https://revistaiberica.org/index.php/iberica/article/view/321 |
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| description | A less-frequently discussed parallel-linguistic issue is the parallel language of visuals and numerals: the diagrams, tables, models, mathematical signs and different symbols that students have to deal with in their reading and writing. Texts are multimodal, that is they are constructed with visual objects and different sign systems as well as writing. For new students, it can be difficult to grasp how visuals and numerals can have different meanings in different contexts, such as academic disciplines. For teachers, the disciplinary use of the visuals and numerals is often so ingrained that they may have difficulty seeing the problems that students face. Drawing on the theoretical framework of social semiotics and the neo-Vygotskian perspective, this article shows how new students of economics in Sweden encounter a multimodal academic literacy. The article also discusses some of the difficulties relating to this situation and argues for a raised awareness among teachers in order to scaffold students into academic, visual literacies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a241d2bf0c9e4a8b8cbba1b4d3885a3d2023-01-13T10:57:54ZengAsociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines EspecíficosIbérica1139-72412340-27842011-01-0122From percentage to predictionMona Blåsjö0Stockholm UniversityA less-frequently discussed parallel-linguistic issue is the parallel language of visuals and numerals: the diagrams, tables, models, mathematical signs and different symbols that students have to deal with in their reading and writing. Texts are multimodal, that is they are constructed with visual objects and different sign systems as well as writing. For new students, it can be difficult to grasp how visuals and numerals can have different meanings in different contexts, such as academic disciplines. For teachers, the disciplinary use of the visuals and numerals is often so ingrained that they may have difficulty seeing the problems that students face. Drawing on the theoretical framework of social semiotics and the neo-Vygotskian perspective, this article shows how new students of economics in Sweden encounter a multimodal academic literacy. The article also discusses some of the difficulties relating to this situation and argues for a raised awareness among teachers in order to scaffold students into academic, visual literacies.https://revistaiberica.org/index.php/iberica/article/view/321multimodalityvisualsnumeralsdisciplinary writingscaffoldingmultimodalidad |
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| url | https://revistaiberica.org/index.php/iberica/article/view/321 |
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