Intertwining Nature of Literacy Discourse in Transitional Learning Situations Within Digital Space, Communication Modes, and Text Formats

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium is significant to the LRA community because it reflects the ideas representative in Langston Hughes poem, Tired, on why it is important to examine the nature of literacy discourse by, “cutting the world in two” revealing engaging advantages that cultivate productive action. Research on text modalities informs pedagogical practices when comprehension is examined through communication, instructional technology, and text complexity to benefit those in the margin.

Content Area

• AREA 9. Text Analysis, Adult, Children’s, and Young Adult Literature

Chairs

• Susan E. Israel, Emeritus

• John Z Strong, University at Buffalo

Discussant

• Dianna R Townsend, University of Nevada, Reno

Individual Presentations

• Research on Informational Text Comprehension and Digital Texts - John Z Strong, University at Buffalo; Laura Tortorelli, Michigan State University; Sharon Walpole, University of Delaware

• Choosing Texts for Comprehension: Considerations of Text Difficulty, Relevance, and Factors of Quality Texts - Rachel Knecht, Brigham Young University; Sarah M Lupo, James Madison University