Analysis of the Top Notch Reading Session in a Multimodal Perspective
TLDR The reading activities used images effectively but didn't develop critical thinking about power and context.
The study analyzed the reading sessions of the Top Notch English textbook series within the Brazilian Military School System, focusing on the integration of images and verbal language. It found that 32.8% of reading activities were approached multimodally, and 67% of images were used for visual reading, highlighting their role as meaning carriers. However, the activities did not promote multimodal critical literacy, as they failed to develop students' critical consciousness regarding power relations and the text-context relationship. The study aimed to enhance understanding of represented meanings in both written and visual forms within multimodal texts.
