EDCR231 Lecture Notes - Metalanguage
29 Jul 2013
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Latin word meaning tissue and texere meaning weave weaving information. Shifting what counts as a text as we use lots of different things to communicate. Gestural = facial expressions and body language. Spatial = layout and organisation of objects and space. Text analyst - critical literacy involves supporting students to become aware that: This makes a good homework assignment for students to find out how they aren"t. Authors draw upon particular discourses (often majority discourses) and assume that readers will be able to draw upon them as well. An example of this is the tiger who came to tea this story has discourses about women and the construction of mothers. Must be careful when doing analysis with children and not always portraying the author as writing certain things consciously. All texts have gaps or silences, and particular representations within them. Texts then have consequences for how we make sense of ourselves, others and the world.
