Multimodal literacy in ELT: Developing contemporary communication skills | Kieran Donaghy

In this session, we will explore the meaning of multimodality and multimodal literacy. I’ll share the best ways to help learners go beyond the four skills, understand and express themselves through a variety of different media. Let’s examine the implications of multimodal literacy on our teaching, and learn how to incorporate the key skills of viewing and representing into classroom practice. Discover tried-and-tested frameworks and activities to use with multimodal texts in your classroom. Find out about future ELTOC events: Kieran Donaghy is an award-winning writer, international conference speaker and trainer. He is the author of books for students and teachers of English. He is the author of the Oxford University Press Position Paper Multimodal Literacy In ELT. He trains teachers in Barcelona and online at his specialist teacher development institute, The School for Training His independent publishing company Film English has won a British Council ELTons Award, an English Speaking Union Award and the MEDEA Award. He is the founder of The Image Conference, the only conference exclusively on the use of images in language teaching. He holds a BA in Politics from the University of Nottingham, and Master’s degrees in English Language Teaching from Rovira i Virgili University, and Business Communication from Pompeu Fabra University. You can find out more about Kieran and his work at his author website   #MyELTOC