Introduction to English Grammar: Genres of Viewing
Materials
Viewing
- according to the Canadian common curriculum framework, it is 'an active
process of attending and comprehending visual media, such as television,
advertising images, films, diagrams, sculpture and paintings.'
- is about 'reading' - analyzing, evaluating and appreciating visual texts.
Why is viewing important?
You are dealing with mainly multimodal texts you need to understand and to
become more effective, active and critical viewers to be able to participate
fully in society.
Helps students develop the knowledge and skills to analyze and evaluate
visual texts and multimodal texts that use visuals.
Helps students acquire information and appreciate ideas and experiences
visually communicated by others.
Multimodal Text
- the majority of texts students access outside the classroom are visual and
multimodal, incorporating images. Furthermore, these multimodal texts
primarily consist of YouTube videos, infographics, websites, blogs, and social
media sites. They typically combine printed text with images, where the images,
far from distracting from the text, actually enhance its meaning.
Examples of Multimodal
texts:
Movies Booklets Advertisements
Infographics Sketchnoting Newscasts
Books Emails Vodcast
Book Trailers Animation Images with Annotations
Comics Brochures Broadcasts
Visual Notetaking Tutorial Guides Mindmap
Presentations Typedrawing Text Messages
Ebooks Diagrams Cards
Screencasts Letters Posters
Blogging Videos
Materials
Viewing
- according to the Canadian common curriculum framework, it is 'an active
process of attending and comprehending visual media, such as television,
advertising images, films, diagrams, sculpture and paintings.'
- is about 'reading' - analyzing, evaluating and appreciating visual texts.
Why is viewing important?
You are dealing with mainly multimodal texts you need to understand and to
become more effective, active and critical viewers to be able to participate
fully in society.
Helps students develop the knowledge and skills to analyze and evaluate
visual texts and multimodal texts that use visuals.
Helps students acquire information and appreciate ideas and experiences
visually communicated by others.
Multimodal Text
- the majority of texts students access outside the classroom are visual and
multimodal, incorporating images. Furthermore, these multimodal texts
primarily consist of YouTube videos, infographics, websites, blogs, and social
media sites. They typically combine printed text with images, where the images,
far from distracting from the text, actually enhance its meaning.
Examples of Multimodal
texts:
Movies Booklets Advertisements
Infographics Sketchnoting Newscasts
Books Emails Vodcast
Book Trailers Animation Images with Annotations
Comics Brochures Broadcasts
Visual Notetaking Tutorial Guides Mindmap
Presentations Typedrawing Text Messages
Ebooks Diagrams Cards
Screencasts Letters Posters
Blogging Videos
