Materialese as Border Thinking: The Multimodal Voice of Bilingual Learning Materials

This paper discusses the emerging and multidimensional category in a study about the development of a didactic material for Spanish learning in bilingual and multimodal settings. Since didactic materials for L2 education seemed to rely on geopolitics of linguistic knowledge and on second generation...

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Main Author: Yeraldine Aldana
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Language:English
Published: Los Andes University; Faculty of Education 2019-06-01
Series:Voces y Silencios: Revista Latinoamericana de Educación
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Online Access:https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/vys/article/view/7604
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description This paper discusses the emerging and multidimensional category in a study about the development of a didactic material for Spanish learning in bilingual and multimodal settings. Since didactic materials for L2 education seemed to rely on geopolitics of linguistic knowledge and on second generation-based interaction in distance learning, this study aimed at creating a bilingual didactic resource for learning in a hybrid and intercultural environment. This blended material for Spanish as a second language learning was developed through a methodological path with a threefold purpose: creation, application and evaluation. This descriptive-interpretive study was framed within the qualitative paradigm. Data collection instruments were images or visual data along with field notes taken during the application of the didactic resource in a simulated experience. Findings center on an emerging category presented as a neologism. This category embraces the concept of materialese, understood as the didactic objects’ language, which involves linguistic, social and cultural dimensions. This multimodal voice of materials allows for intercultural spaces where emergent bilinguals can interact and learn from their border thinking (Mignolo, 2000; Icaza, 2017). Languages´ role and sociocultural practices were negotiated through intercultural communication in our didactic guide’s multimodal voice. The impact of didactic materials seems mediated by their voice acquired before, during and after their development.
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spelling doaj-art-cec0cc5ec00c4ca3ad41bfe1d827ff962025-08-20T02:55:57ZengLos Andes University; Faculty of EducationVoces y Silencios: Revista Latinoamericana de Educación2215-84212019-06-0110110.18175/vys10.1.2019.12Materialese as Border Thinking: The Multimodal Voice of Bilingual Learning MaterialsYeraldine Aldana01Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas (yaldanag@udistrital.edu.co) This paper discusses the emerging and multidimensional category in a study about the development of a didactic material for Spanish learning in bilingual and multimodal settings. Since didactic materials for L2 education seemed to rely on geopolitics of linguistic knowledge and on second generation-based interaction in distance learning, this study aimed at creating a bilingual didactic resource for learning in a hybrid and intercultural environment. This blended material for Spanish as a second language learning was developed through a methodological path with a threefold purpose: creation, application and evaluation. This descriptive-interpretive study was framed within the qualitative paradigm. Data collection instruments were images or visual data along with field notes taken during the application of the didactic resource in a simulated experience. Findings center on an emerging category presented as a neologism. This category embraces the concept of materialese, understood as the didactic objects’ language, which involves linguistic, social and cultural dimensions. This multimodal voice of materials allows for intercultural spaces where emergent bilinguals can interact and learn from their border thinking (Mignolo, 2000; Icaza, 2017). Languages´ role and sociocultural practices were negotiated through intercultural communication in our didactic guide’s multimodal voice. The impact of didactic materials seems mediated by their voice acquired before, during and after their development. https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/vys/article/view/7604bilingualismintercultural communicationblended learning and materials development
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Materialese as Border Thinking: The Multimodal Voice of Bilingual Learning Materials
Voces y Silencios: Revista Latinoamericana de Educación
bilingualism
intercultural communication
blended learning and materials development
title Materialese as Border Thinking: The Multimodal Voice of Bilingual Learning Materials
title_full Materialese as Border Thinking: The Multimodal Voice of Bilingual Learning Materials
title_fullStr Materialese as Border Thinking: The Multimodal Voice of Bilingual Learning Materials
title_full_unstemmed Materialese as Border Thinking: The Multimodal Voice of Bilingual Learning Materials
title_short Materialese as Border Thinking: The Multimodal Voice of Bilingual Learning Materials
title_sort materialese as border thinking the multimodal voice of bilingual learning materials
topic bilingualism
intercultural communication
blended learning and materials development
url https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/vys/article/view/7604
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