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Publication details [#46003]
Vincent, John. 2007. Writing and Coding: Assisting Writers to Cross the Modes. Language & Education 21 (2) : 141–157. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Multilingual Matters
Journal WWW
Annotation
This article discusses how some writers do not employ other modes than words, although it is possible to help them through multimedia as a modal scaffolding. Competent verbal text producers might even be disturbed by multimedia, as it 'hinders the process of crossing between mental imagery and words'.