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Reading Multimodal Texts

Introduction

“Reading has to be rethought given that the commonsense of what reading is was developed in the era of unquestioned dominance of writing. (...) Reading as taking and making meaning from many sources of information, from many different sign systems (…).” (Kress, 2005 : 17)​

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How can you interpret this image? What elements help you understand the image?

What modes does the author use to convey meaning? 

What is the ultimate meaning created?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

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