Language and Meaning: How We Learn - for iPad/Mac/PC

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What do English language teachers in the early 21st century need to know about the relationship between language and meaning? How can teachers enable students to learn language, learn through language and learn about language in the myriad different contemporary contexts of formal and informal learning? This material is taken from The Open University course E852 Language, literacy and learning in the contemporary world.

Episode List

Scarlett in the garden

Dec 20th, 2011 4:10 PM

Two year old Scarlett uses and develops her language as she explores the under-life of the garden with her father.

Intercultural communication difficulties

Dec 20th, 2011 4:09 PM

In a Chinese University class, a teacher uses examples from signage around the world to illustrate linguistic misunderstandings in translations into English.

Multimodal learning

Dec 20th, 2011 4:08 PM

This video demonstrates multimodal analysis of classroom learning.

Words and images

Dec 20th, 2011 4:07 PM

This video demonstrates a multimodal analysis of the well-known fairy tale ‘Hansel and Gretel.’