Case Study of Multi-literacy Ability of English Teachers—An Example of Tianjin Open University
- DOI
- 10.2991/icssr-14.2014.160How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Multiliteracies. Pedagogy. Literacy. EFL teaching
- Abstract
Numerous attention has been shifted to multiliteracies approaches which prepare students for better achievements and fulfilling employment in their future life characterized by the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity as well as the variety in communication channels supported by high technologies. The traditional literacy pedagogy which focuses on the ability to read and write in formal language is generally discarded since it is unsuitable for the “digital natives” who are born in the digital age and is virtually impossible to equip students with critical awareness to handle social practices in societies. Teaching approaches in classrooms are largely dependent on teachers who are the organizers and conductors of instruction practices. The author of this paper conducts a case study in one of the open universities in Tianjin, China, to investigate whether EFL teachers are competent enough to adopt multiliteracies approaches and how well EFL teachers in China are informed of the multiliteracies approaches. Teachers’ teaching materials including PPT and other resources are analyzed and interviews are conducted to elicit feedback from EFL teachers towards multiliteracies approaches. Results show that sufficient teacher training is necessary to better prepare EFL teachers to implement multiliteracies approaches.
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- © 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yueyuan Liu AU - Junhong Gao AU - Xingcai Zhang PY - 2014/06 DA - 2014/06 TI - Case Study of Multi-literacy Ability of English Teachers—An Example of Tianjin Open University BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Science and Social Research PB - Atlantis Press SP - 732 EP - 736 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icssr-14.2014.160 DO - 10.2991/icssr-14.2014.160 ID - Liu2014/06 ER -