Image-language interaction in online reading environments: challenges for students' reading comprehension

Title
Image-language interaction in online reading environments: challenges for students' reading comprehension
Publication Date
2011
Author(s)
Chan, Eveline
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1096-0158
Email: echan4@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:echan4
Unsworth, Leonard
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Place of publication
Netherlands
DOI
10.1007/s13384-011-0023-y
UNE publication id
une:7943
Abstract
This paper presents the qualitative results of a study of students' reading of multimodal texts in an interactive, online environment. The study forms part of a larger project which addressed image–language interaction as an important dimension of language pedagogy and assessment for students growing up in a multimedia digital age. Thirty-two Year 6 students representing a sample of high, medium and low performers on an Australian state-wide school literacy test were surveyed about their internet usage and interviewed using a structured protocol while working online through a selection of materials from an educational website. Findings from the earlier stages of the project indicated that different types of image-text relations vary in the degree of difficulty they pose for students' reading comprehension. This phase of the project extended the analysis of image-text relations to online, interactive texts. Student performance on online reading tasks and interview data are used to illustrate some of the complexities students encounter when reading online, and how this may vary with factors such as their day-to-day literacy experiences and levels of engagement. The results have implications for literacy pedagogy and assessing the reading of web-based texts.
Link
Citation
AER: Australian Educational Researcher, 38(2), p. 181-202
ISSN
2210-5328
0311-6999
Start page
181
End page
202

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