Evidence Library – The EdTech Hub - Custom feedEvidence Library – The EdTech Hubhttps://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/2024-03-29T14:11:33.272163+00:00https://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/atom.xml?creator=%22Cummins,+Jim%22KerkoA multilingual and multimodal approach to literacy teaching and learning in urban education: a collaborative inquiry project in an inner city elementary schoolhttps://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/VZ8AMWYU2024-01-27T22:12:25Z2024-01-27T22:15:37ZThis paper presents findings from a collaborative inquiry project that explored teaching approaches that highlight the significance of multilingualism, multimodality, and multiliteracies in classrooms with high numbers of English language learners (ELLs). The research took place in an inner city elementary school with a large population of recently arrived and Canadian-born linguistically and culturally diverse students from Gambian, Indian, Mexican, Sri Lankan, Tibetan and Vietnamese backgrounds, as well as a recent wave of Roma students from Hungary. A high number of these students were from families with low-SES. The collaboration between two Grade 3 teachers and university-based researchers sought to create instructional approaches that would support students’ academic engagement and literacy learning. In this paper, we described one of the projects that took place in this class, exploring how a descriptive writing unit could be implemented in a way that connected with students’ lives and enabled them to use their home languages, through the creation of multiple texts, using creative writing, digital technologies, and drama pedagogy. This kind of multilingual and multimodal classroom practice changed the classroom dynamics and allowed the students access to identity positions of expertise, increasing their literacy investment, literacy engagement and learning.Ntelioglou, Burcu YamanFannin, JenniferMontanera, MikeCummins, Jim2014-6-18https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.005331664-1078A multilingual and multimodal approach to literacy teaching and learning in urban education: a collaborative inquiry project in an inner city elementary schoolBrave new schools: Challenging cultural illiteracy through global learning networkshttps://docs.edtechhub.org/lib/C8AQYB6P2021-03-16T10:58:43Z2021-03-17T18:18:51ZCummins, JimSayers, Dennis1997Palgrave MacmillanBrave new schools: Challenging cultural illiteracy through global learning networks