Using Multimodality to Leverage Learning

The video addresses teachers, emphasizing the importance of acting as facilitators of learning rather than traditional lecturers. It highlights the need for multimodal literacy, combining traditional and digital literacies, to create new meanings. The speaker stresses the importance of bridging the gap between student and academic discourse by incorporating relatable examples and student discourses. This approach helps students understand academic concepts better and encourages them to create new meanings through various forms of composition.

What does the speaker prefer to call teachers?

• Knowledge providers

• Facilitators of learning experiences

• Academic guides

• Educators

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a mode of literacy?

• Auditory literacy

• Digital literacy

• Visual literacy

• Mathematical literacy

Why does the speaker believe students find academic discourse challenging?

• It is too simple for them

• It sounds like a foreign language

• It is not relevant to their lives

• It is too visual

What is the speaker's advice for teachers to help students understand academic discourse?

• Focus solely on lectures

• Avoid using examples

• Incorporate student discourses

• Use complex vocabulary

What is the ultimate goal of bridging student and academic discourse according to the speaker?

• To make students memorize facts

• To enable students to create new meaning

• To simplify teaching methods

• To ensure students pass exams