Reading the Visual: An Introduction to Teaching Multimodal Literacy (Language and Literacy Series)

A fantastic book for teachers who wish to explore media and what text really means. This book shares research while at the same time providing strategies and real-world classroom applications. What makes Serafini's book that much better is that it doesn't just treat one area of visual media, but reaches out into many...picture books, graphic novels, film, and more are represented here. I have found this book to be useful as a teacher and in research.

I'm researching about multimodal texts and finally I found this book. It is really understandable and helpful for me! Really recommended.

This is an excellent book that is written so anyone can understand visual literacy.

Fantastic book for pre-service teachers.

In Reading the Visual (2014) Serafini masterfully accomplishes his purpose of providing “theoretical, curricular, and pedagogical frameworks for teachers to use to help students make sense of the visual images and multimodal ensembles they encounter in and out of school settings (p. 3). Serafini’s succinct thinking and writing style makes complex ideas from various fields of study (art history, semiotics, media and cultural studies, etc…) accessible to the classroom teacher. I want each teacher under my leadership to implement the units of study plans he provides. I also look forward to sharing this book as a touchstone text in the university literacy courses I teach. Thank you, Serafini, for expanding my thinking and providing useful tools for “reading the visual” in my world.