Supporting polylingual EAL college readers and educators through multimodality : AI-powered quest for lingua franca / Olga Gould-Yakovleva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gould-Yakovleva, Olga, Author.

Contributor:

IGIEA

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Foreign speakers.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher).

Multilingual persons--Education (Higher).

Multilingual persons.

Reading (Higher education).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 336 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Hershey PA : IGI Global Scientific Publishing, [2026]

Contents:

Preface

Section 1. Preparing for Research

Chapter 1. Introduction: Silent Outcries for Help

Chapter 2. Choosing an Umbrella

In Chapter 2, I will detail the process of selecting the right umbrella prior to conducting this research. First, I will provide an overview of the Multiliteracies theory coined by the New London Group (NLG, 1996) and furthered by.... Choosing an Umbrella

Chapter 3. Exploring Forerunners

Chapter 4. Delving Deeper

Chapter 4 aims to make a deeper dive into semiotics and social semiotics as per the postulates by such well-known semioticians as Franks, Jewitt, Kress, and van Leeuwen. Further, in this chapter, I will engage in my analysis of the.... Delving Deeper

Chapter 5. Designing the New Study

Chapter 6. Data Collection and Analyses

Section 2. Digging Through the Stratums of Unspoken

Chapter 7. People Behind the Numbers

Chapter 8. Revealing the Hidden Struggle

In Chapter 8, I will further discuss the findings in my research. To be more exact, this chapter will reveal my participants' perceptions of their working processes on the tasks within this project as they shared in their.... Revealing the Hidden Struggle

Chapter 9. So, What Helped?

In Chapter 9, I will discuss which exactly strategies these research participants found most helpful while working with this project's texts. Main purpose of this chapter is to give a hand to the educators who are searching for.... So, What Helped?

Chapter 10. When Numbers Speak Louder Than Words

In Chapter 10, I will discuss and visually demonstrate the results of all three comprehension tests to Text 1 with no support added, Text 2 with audio support, and Text 3 with multimodal support in the form of a video with the sound..... When Numbers Speak Louder Than Words

Section 3. Nonchalant Accounts of AI

Chapter 11. MAXQDA-Portrayed Speech

Chapter 11 will allow my readers to evaluate the affordances of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) used for the qualitative analysis of the interview data. In this chapter, I will continue discussing my findings from the first round of.... MAXQDA-Portrayed Speech

Chapter 12. AI and Day 1 Group Accounts

In Chapter 12, I will further discuss my AI-powered analysis of the participants' interview speeches. Yet, now, via the multimodal affordances of MaxQda, I will visually demonstrate and verbally explain the patterns in the.... AI and Day 1 Group Accounts

Chapter 13. More Truths Unveiled

In Chapter 13, I will continue introducing my readers to the AI-generated portraits developed on Day 2 in this project. Just as a reminder, all participants were interviewed for the second time when they were asked to share their.... More Truths Unveiled

Chapter 14. Triangulating With AI: Day 2 Group Accounts

Chapter 14 will talk about in summary the participants' perceptions of video support. To be more exact, I will dig deeper into their perceptions. The affordances of Artificial Intelligence will help me again with generating the.... Triangulating With AI: Day 2 Group Accounts

Section 4. How Multimodalities Work

Chapter 15. Multimodal Analysis 1: Attempting to Understand Role, Position, and Significance of Visuals Within Multimodal Ensembles

In Chapter 15, I will detail on my initial multimodal analysis. As my research participants strongly relied on the visual texts for making the meaning from the verbal texts supported by multimodality, it appeared highly significant.... Multimodal Analysis 1: Attempting to Understand Role, Position, and Significance of Visuals Within Multimodal Ensembles

Chapter 16. Analysis 2: Visual Language Intermodal Relations Data Analysis

Section 5. Quest for Lingua Franca

Chapter 17. Jakovlev's Search for a Commonly Understandable Language

Chapter 18. Post Scriptum

Chapter 18 is the final and conclusive piece in this book. In this chapter, I will explain why it is important to teach students how to read texts comprised of different modes of multimodality. I will tie the findings of this.... Post Scriptum

Compilation of References

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Hershey, Pa. Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version: Gould-Yakovleva, Olga Supporting polylingual EAL college readers and educators through multimodality

ISBN:

9798337334288

Publisher Number:

40032972318

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