Poster #7 - Shifting Interest and Enjoyment of Reading: Shakespeare in Graphic Novel or Script Format

• In Event: 18.060 - MTCC Poster Session Two
  In Poster Session: 18.060-2 - Emotion Regulation and Affective Experiences in Learning Contexts

Abstract

The graphic format’s appeal and high-interest status could be considered an easy vehicle for learning due to existing enjoyment and popularity with students (Alvermann, Hagood & Williams, 2001). This excitement around the format in combination with inherent scaffolding within the format created an excellent opportunity increased understanding. This scaffolding emerges from the multiple meaning-making modalities that are multiple visual literacies utilized fundamentally by the format. Along with this scaffolding comes the likelihood of a positive impact on motivation for reading (Botzakis, 2009; Crawford, 2004; Cromer & Clark, 2007; Kutch, 2014). Positive impacts on Interest and Enjoyment of Reading were found for students of both language statuses when reading two works of Shakespeare.

Author

• Alejandra Ojeda-Beck, University of California - Berkeley