Developing Multimodal Narrative Genres in Childhood

An Analysis of Pupils’ Written Texts Based on Systemic Functional Linguistics Theory

Bibliographic Data

ID22043628
AuthorsAlejandra Pacheco-Costa (0000-0001-6397-4708, Universidad de Sevilla, corresponding author), Fernando Guzmán-Simón (0000-0001-7189-1849, Universidad de Sevilla)
Year2020
Volume10
Issue11
Pages342
Publication date2020-11-20
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-7102 • E-ISSN: 2227-7102
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/educsci10110342
OpenAlexW3104628926
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited39

Social sustainability embraces literacy development as a means by which children integrate their knowledge in society and become powerful and meaningful. In this context, the development of writing among young children requires the design of new teaching strategies that allow for the multimodal repertoire brought by children into the classroom. Systemic Functional Linguistics offers tools for the analysis of children’s multimodal writing, which plays an important role in their literacy development. Our research was carried out in an urban context, the participants being 12 children aged 7 to 8. Data were collected through participant observation, conversations, and the analysis of documents and products generated by the children. From them, we analysed two stories written by two girls, which showed the way in which the children created meaning by combining verbal and visual modes, and how these modes interact (intersemiosis). The performance of a literacy task in which children are able to integrate their knowledge and heritage into the classroom, may constitute an interdisciplinary tool for their participation and engagement in the school, thus leading to a more equal society. In consequence, we propose that the integration of a genre-based pedagogy in the classroom should include greater awareness in teachers of the value of pupils’ multimodal assessments

Linguistics · Literacy · Mathematics education · Multimodality · Narrative · Pedagogy · Semiotics · Social semiotics · Systemic functional linguistics · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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