Transform : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning
Vol 11, No 2 (2022): Transform (June, 2022)

Multimodal Analysis of Interactive Meaning in Selected Picture Book Biographies About Greta Thunberg

Nadia Ikhsanty (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Imannuel Prasetya Gintings (Universitas Negeri Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Jun 2023

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the types of interactive meanings, the use of interactive meaning in illustration and phrases of two picture book biographies about Greta Thunberg and the compatibility between the interactive meaning in illustrations and phrases of two picture book biographies about Greta Thunberg, Greta and The Giants and Little People Big Dreams – Greta Thunberg. This study was conducted by applying descriptive qualitative method. The sources of data were taken from two picture books. The research instrument was the researcher herself by using a tool including laptop and books. The results of this research showed that in Greta and The Giants, there were thirteen types of interactive meaning with the total of 22 illustrations. As for the results in Little People Big Dreams – Greta Thunberg, there were ten out of thirteen types of interactive meaning with the total of 13 illustrations. The total number of data were 35 illustrations and 130 phrases. Interactive meaning in Greta and The Giants and Little People Big Dreams – Greta Thunberg were both compatible to giving information about climate change awareness.

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jelt

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Humanities Electrical & Electronics Engineering Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

Transform Journal is an open-access electronic journal that supports research in the field of Linguistics, Literature, and English Language Teaching. The aim of the journal is to publish academic research on applied linguistics relevant to actual issues and to be a publication platform for original ...