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Title: | Analysis and comprehension of multimodal texts | Contributor(s): | Daly, Ann E (author); Unsworth, Leonard (author) | Publication Date: | 2011 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8195 | Abstract: | This research is part of an Australian Research Council linkage project that is developing a model of image-language relations in multimodal texts (Unsworth, Barnes and O'Donnell, 2006-2008). The materials used in the investigation were the 2005 and 2007 NSW Basic Skills Tests (BST). Data from the tests enabled an analysis of variance to compare the mean difficulty of BST items assessing the comprehension of different types of image-language relations which have been outlined by Unsworth and Chan (2008). As there was a range of difficulty for the items assessing each type of image-language relation, it was decided to investigate other aspects of the texts that might be causing difficulty. Accordingly, complexity within the targeted written language segments and complexity within the images were analysed separately using selected features of Functional Grammar (Halliday, 2004/ 1994) and Visual Grammar (Kress & van Leeuwen, 1996) to see whether these factors also affected item difficulty. In conclusion, the findings about multi-semiotic text complexities and item difficulties are considered in order to identify factors that might be relevant to the comprehension of multimodal texts and to suggest implications for future research about language and literacy learning in primary schools. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 34(1), p. 61-80 | Publisher: | Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA) | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1839-4728 1038-1562 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130204 English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl LOTE, ESL and TESOL) | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930102 Learner and Learning Processes | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.alea.edu.au/resources/ajll-archive/ajll-archive-2011 |
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