言語種別 英語 発行・発表の年月 2013/03 形態種別 大学・研究所等紀要 標題 Can Defining Graphic/Written Text Relations Support Reading Comprehension in Multi-Modal Texts? 執筆形態 単著 掲載誌名 Studies in Language and Culture. The Journal of J.F. Oberlin University 出版社・発行元 J.F. Oberlin University 概要 With the increasing use of image-based multi-modal text (text that combine words with images) in reading classrooms, teaching reading comprehension has become a growing challenge. Indeed, understanding image-based multi-modal text may be more difficult than described in existing educational research. Recent research suggests that defining the underlying graphic/written text relations that constitute image-based multi-modal texts can be useful in teaching such text. This paper proposes a theoretical model for defining graphic/written text relations that can support reading comprehension in English Language Teaching classrooms. Two areas of research are used in creating this model: systemic functional grammar and second language reading comprehension research. The model is applied to an authentic multi-modal text to predict the effects of such a text on students’ reading comprehension.