The Linguistic Mode
The stereotypical college classroom relies heavily on the linguistic mode in its knowledge delivery and assessment. Instructors enter the classroom, lecture for the length of the class, and then assign a term paper for the students to demonstrate their understanding of the class material. The linguistic mode (sometimes also called alphabetic) is the use of language to communicate meaning to an audience and closely correlates with the aural, visual, and spatial modes.
London Stevenson
Laying the Groundwork: Preparing Students to Understand Multimodality
An essay about the needs for first-year composition to integrate standard multimodal vocabulary within their coursework. The examples and personal experiences provided regarding first-year students’ existing knowledge of the language surrounding multimodality reveals a collective lack of understanding among academics. Through exploring other scholars’ work on multimodal composition in college classrooms, the essay argues that teaching basic multimodal vocabulary in first-year courses would help prepare students for more mixed-mode discussions, compositions, and projects that they will be expected to participate in throughout their college careers.
Aleya Roberts
Synthesis on Multimodality in Education
An essay about multimodality in education as an extension of the rapid developments in media outside of academia. It explores how multimodality does not challenge preexisting notions surrounding composition and rhetoric, but enhances composition and encourages students to participate through more familiar means, as they themselves are inundated with multimodal media. Furthermore, the essay argues in favor of multimodal media’s appeal to accessibility. The essay also integrates academic sources from Melanie Gagich and Patrcia Suzanne Sullivan, known scholars in rhetoric, writing, and composition.
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