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Marjo Sirén; Sari Sulkunen – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
This study examined which aspects of critical literacy are focused on in the reading literacy assessment for the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 and what kinds of texts are related to the critical literacy items in the test. Based on theory-oriented qualitative content analysis, critical literacy items in PISA…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
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Kristin Keane – Journal of Educational Research, 2025
Multimodal text types hold promise for promoting classroom discourse. Because of the ways that language combines with various other modes such as sound and movement, video-based texts can offer access points for meaning-making and engagement that print-only text cannot. Through the lens of New Literacies, this mixed methods study examines one…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Text Structure, Language Usage, Video Technology
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Kristen Michelson; James F. Lee; Mourad Abdennebi – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Recent scholarship in multiliteracies-oriented pedagogies has advocated for greater attention to fostering 'textual thinking', understood as forms of literacy that consider the complexities of semiotic choices made by authors, and their underlying meanings, rhetorical purposes, and cultural contexts. This kind of engagement with texts calls upon…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Semiotics
Olga Gould-Yakovleva – Online Submission, 2023
This IRB-approved qualitative case study was grounded in Vygotsky's (1978; 1987) socio-cultural constructivism theory and New London Group (1996) postulates of multiliteracies. The participants in this project were 12 domestic and international polylingual English as an Additional Language students at a public university in one of the…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns, Constructivism (Learning)
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Lammers, Jayne C.; Magnifico, Alecia M.; Wang, Anlun – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2022
Standards and their corresponding assessments have continued to narrow English language arts (ELA) curricula, pushing more playful, creative composition to the margins or to out-of-school pursuits. Simultaneously, students enjoy writing creatively in many extracurricular spaces and activities, like fanfiction. Building from research showing that…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Language Arts, English Instruction, Standards
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Bautista, Judy Cañero; Gutierrez, Merry Ruth Morauda – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2022
Contemporary society demands from individuals new and relevant literacies that go beyond the basics of reading and writing. Furthermore, texts now appear less confined to a single semiotic resource. The proliferation of different forms of communication like visuals, among others, encourages people to use literacy in multiple modalities.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning