Browsing UiS Brage by Author "Brown, Cecilie Waallann"
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Critical literacy in the language classroom: Possibilities for intercultural learning through symbolic competence
Brown, Cecilie Waallann; Alford, Jennifer Helen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article provides a theoretical exploration of the connections between critical literacy and symbolic competence with some pedagogical examples from an empirical study. More specifically, we argue that critical literacy ... -
Critical Visual Literacy and Intercultural Learning in English Foreign Language Classrooms: An exploratory case study
Brown, Cecilie Waallann (PhD thesis UiS;609, Doctoral thesis, 2021-11)This doctoral thesis revolves around two significant, ongoing, and in many ways interrelated developments in education, and in society at large: the increased use of multimodal and visual texts as a mode of communication, ... -
Developing multiple perspectives with EFL learners through facilitated dialogue about images
Brown, Cecilie Waallann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article reports on a case study investigating how Norwegian upper secondary EFL learners develop multiple perspectives in facilitated dialogue about images before and after being familiarized with critical visual ... -
Enacting Critical Visual Literacy in Norwegian Secondary School EFL Classrooms: Opportunities and Challenges
Brown, Cecilie Waallann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This article elaborates on opportunities and challenges related to implementing critical visual literacy (CVL) in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms in Norwegian secondary schools as an approach to preparing ... -
Exploring Racial Diversity in Graphic Novels Targeting Young Adults and Their Potential for Promoting Critical Literacy Among EFL Learners
Emmerson, Jenny Kalnæs Oltedal (Master thesis, 2024)This thesis employs a qualitative literary analysis method to closely examine racial representation in two selected young adult graphic novels, New Kid (2019) and Class Act (2020) by Jerry Craft. The analysis aims to explore ... -
"I Don’t Want to be Stereotypical, but…": Norwegian EFL Learners’ Awareness of and Willingness to Challenge Visual Stereotypes
Brown, Cecilie Waallann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article reports on a study that investigated Norwegian upper secondary pupils' visual stereotypes, as well as their awareness of and willingness to challenge these stereotypes before and after participating in an ... -
Intercultural learning and images in ELT: Exploring cultural imaginaries through photographs
Brown, Cecilie Waallann; Habegger-Conti, Jena Lee (Chapter, 2022)This chapter presents an argument for the relevance of using photographs for intercultural learning in English Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. More specifically, we suggest that by activating, expanding, and challenging ... -
Representations of cultural diversity in Norwegian English as a Foreign Language textbooks for primary school
Mossige, Åse May Fagerlid (Master thesis, 2022)The thesis presents an investigation of visual and textual representations of non-Western people in four Norwegian English Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks produced for 5th grade. In response to the increased communication ... -
Taking action through redesign: Norwegian EFL learners engaging in critical visual literacy practices
Brown, Cecilie Waallann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)This article presents results from a case study which investigated how Norwegian English foreign language (EFL) learners, roughly aged 16–17, take action through redesigning a multimodal advertisement. Data was collected ... -
Visual Representations of Indigenous Cultures in English Foreign Language Textbooks
Brown, Cecilie Waallann (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)This thesis presents an analysis of how indigenous cultures are visually represented through images in four English Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks produced for Norwegian lower secondary schools. Building on the concept ... -
Å undervise engelsk grammatikk til norske elever gjennom fysisk aktive læringsmetoder
Buktenes, Linnea (Master thesis, 2023)Denne studien fokuserer på å lære engelsk grammatikk gjennom fysisk aktiv lærings (FAL) metoder i det norske klasserom. Mer spesifikt fokuserer studien på om FAL-metoden er en effektiv metode å bruke når elever skal lære ...