THE RELEVANCE OF MULTIMODALITY IN ESL/EFL LEARNING AND TEACHING

MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE

Nowadays literacy has been understood as a social practice, as a

complex set ofreading, writing and technological

skills which joins verbal, visual, and other meaningmaking

resources.

Specific strategies

Lexis, grammar and syntax

Knowledge language

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CBIIntegration of

academic content

Factors

INCORPORATING MULTIMODAL SKILLS IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH

Representational InteractiveCompositional

Interaction

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VIDEO GAMES AS A STIMULUS FOR LEARNING ENGLISH

STUDYING ENGLISH THROUGH ADVERTISEMENTS

TBIActivities Encourage

Interaction

Functions to use visual literacy

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LOREN LOPEZCAROLINA CARDENASALEJANDRA TORRIJOSLAURA VARGAS