The case for multimodal learning and teaching

Abstract

Given the potential of digital tools as a means of engaging learners as well as an awareness of the possibility that in some educational contexts – such as the one in Malta where I teach – learners might not be availing themselves fully of such potential, this article reviews the benefits of adopting a multimodal approach to language learning and teaching. In recent years multimodality has increasingly become renowned as an effective way of enhancing learner engagement. This is probably due to the idea that by means of a multimodal approach, teachers can enable learners to enter a text, play with the English language and transform the text into a performance.