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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.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

code | mental image1 | mode of communication | word | writing

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

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'.