Semiotiska modaliteter i engelskundervisning : en analys av lärare och läromedel

Sammanfattning: The following study aims to examine how multimodal texts are used in English as a foreign language education in a Swedish school. It explores both how multimodal texts occur in learning materials as well as how teachers could use these learning materials when teaching their pupils. The study is based on the theory of social semiotics by van Leeuwen (2005) and uses a model for analysis of teaching materials by Danielsson and Selander (2014). Two methods are used in the study: a think-aloud-method and a teaching material analysis. The result of the study shows that the teachers who were part of the survey showed a deep understanding of how different modes in the teaching materials could be used in meaning-making for the pupils. Furthermore the result also showed that the teachers often used external resources, such as movies, books and Youtube clips in their teaching. The teaching material analysis showed that the two pages in the teaching materials that were used were rich of different modal resources and that these resources were of high quality. Using teaching materials and external resources in a well functioning way creates an opportunity for meaning-making for the pupils. The teachers that were part of the survey used these in a well functioning way, even if they were not explicitly conscious of this. The use of multimodal texts in education is a cornerstone in creating a widened literacy within the pupils and giving them the ability to communicate in the modern world of multimedia.