Book review: Introducing Multimodality

Abstract

Considering the pervasive use of audio-video and graphic resources in the classroom, it is not surprising that there is a growing interest in how teaching and learning are multimodal – that is, how they make integrated use of varied communicative resources (language, visual materials, gesture and others). The recent publication of Introducing Multimodality is timely considering the visual turn in the social sciences and the magnitude of multimodal resources and representations at work in the visual economy (Poole, 1997; Rose, 2016; O’Halloran et al., 2017). Furthermore, the book offers a useful introduction to the various ways multimodality has been approached and is of relevance to any teacher wanting a greater understanding of multimodal pedagogy.