The Shifting Concepts of Literacy From a Reliance On Print To Multimodal

Able to communicate and understand Convey meaning through a

using printed materials, electronic Multimodal combination of modes such as
Literacy
signs associated with varying contexts Literacy
visual, aural, gesture, satial and
(Foley, 2019). linguistic

Classroom Social media

On print Multimodal Literacy On print

Mainly focuses on Focuses on student's

student's receptive skills pragmatic skills and -People sent messages and information through
digital competence telegram and mails which is time consuming
exp :
-People cannot engage well in social discussions
as information only shared through print works
only reading makes students able to read
students not able to across texts and build
understand and apply information using
knowledge experience and sources Multimodal Literacy

studying on print different multimodals

literacy makes students can increase student
feel easily bored interest and
engagement well
exp : group
presentation, role play
-Information and news sent through various
forms and less time consuming.
exp : television, Instagram, Facebook
-People able to move from being passive
consumers to engaged producers in real time
exp : campaigns such as Save Palestion, Black
Lives Matter

Use of English Language In Multiliteracy Practices In Different Community Settings

Through Different Technologies

Formation of new vocabulary Advertistment

-new words and phrases are Average 66% of the advertisements worldwide
created through abbreviations contain English words (Bogdanova, 2010)
Social
exp : 'selfie','fleek','emoji'
Media
-new words formed through
blending such as celebrity persuasive usage of
couple names languge helps inverted words
to persuade to catch the
Real time practice customers to reader's
buy the attention
-phone, email and web chat service
allows students to practice
media language exp :adjectives, puns,
-gives well-rounded alliteration, assonance
language learning experience
exp : social media forums
Appropriating existing
vocabulary
Social
-Words that had existing -represents a
meanings, given other
Media connection to the
meanings in an online world and the global
context community as English
exp : 'tablet', 'stream' is global language
-able to reach people
Lacking grammar skills due to language
familiarity
- incapable of structuring
coherent sentences due to
high usage of acronyms