The Role of Multimodal Communication in Language Learning: Making Meaning in Conventional Learning Spaces

摘要

There is space in conventional learning on language learning that must be filled with various ways or methods of delivering information, so it can be delivered to students. The space can be filled out by referring to the principle of multimodal communication by Kress and Van Leeuwen (1996) on how people communicate using different modes at the same time. This paper does not present the results of an analysis of a product design using semiotic mode with multimodality analysis as a procedure of analysis, but it is a theoretical study by linking the principles of multimodal communication with learning theory so that it can be applied in language learning. Therefore, this paper is intended for the purpose of how the delivery of a message by using more than one semiotic modes in language learning in order to make the learning of a conventional nature becomes more meaningful. The use of verbal communication, images, and video as a multimodal communication product in this case has its own role in facilitating language learning. Space in conventional learning methods on language learning can be filled by combining verbal communication, images, and video in the learning process. It will be able to make learning more interesting.