A Multimodal Exploration of Non-Fiction Read-Aloud Performances in English as an Additional Language

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A Multimodal Exploration of Non-Fiction Read-Aloud Performances in English as an Additional Language is written by Elisa Bertoldi and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1036457524 (ISBN 10) and 9781036457525 (ISBN 13).

This book explores how children and adults co-construct meaning during non-fiction picturebook read-aloud performances in English as an Additional Language context. At a time when non-fiction picturebooks are receiving growing attention for their potential to communicate knowledge in creative and engaging ways, this volume takes a closer look at how these books can be mediated for children’s language education. The book draws on the TALES (Telling and Listening to Eco-sustainable Stories) initiative organized by the Teacher education Department of the University of Udine (Italy) in collaboration with the local Natural History Museum. Focusing on mediation as a dynamic, multimodal process, the book examines how storytellers use spoken language, gesture, gaze, voice, facial expressions and props to scaffold children’s comprehension and invite active participation. While the findings are context-specific, they may inform educators, researchers, and teacher educators interested in multimodal mediation for communicating knowledge and information through non-fiction picturebooks in contexts where English as an additional language is used.