Language Circle : Journal of Language and Literature
Vol 18, No 1 (2023): October 2023

EFL Learners' Views on Innovative Meaning-Making through Multimodal Composition: Affordances and Constraints

Nita, Fatma Rahayu (Unknown)
Nugroho, Him’mawan Adi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Oct 2023

Abstract

This current study explored the findings from the learners' views and experiences while creating a multimodal composition, particularly the affordances and the constraints. A qualitative analysis was used in this study as it analyzed the narratives of 15 (fifteen) learners who responded to an open-ended questionnaire. The findings reveal that most learners positively perceived the multimodal composition since they could learn differently, an innovative meaning-making. Second, several affordances of creating multimodal composition are learning through multimodal composition, innovative meaning-making, understanding the information easily, collaboration, and attracting the reader's attention. Apart from the affordances, the learners also encounter a few constraints: struggling with meaning-making, collaboration with peers, and putting the idea. Relatedly, the teachers could use these results as their reflection in utilizing multimodal composition in the class. First and foremost, multimodal composition offers a new perspective of innovation in ELT context which could be applied in teaching and learning process.

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