{"title":"Dr Yumin Chen","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr Yumin Chen's works delve into the intricate ways language and meaning are crafted within educational contexts, particularly through multimodal communication. Readers can expect detailed explorations of how textbooks and teaching materials convey interpersonal meaning, blending linguistic analysis with visual elements to enrich understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for educators and researchers, Dr Chen’s books offer insightful perspectives on language use in English language teaching and learning. These titles contribute thoughtfully to the field of \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, emphasising the role of multimodality in contemporary language education.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"interpersonal-meaning-in-multimodal-english-textbooks-by-dr-yumin-chen-9781350300248","title":"Interpersonal Meaning in Multimodal English Textbooks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExploring multimodality in English language teaching textbooks, this book focusses on how language and image are co-deployed within these resources in order to create and convey interpersonal meaning. Presenting cutting-edge research in appraisal studies and multimodal discourse analysis, Yumin Chen uses systemic functional linguistics and social semiotics to investigate how different voices are introduced and aligned inter-modally in textbooks, extending the appraisal systems of engagement and graduation across language and image.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also demonstrates how linguistic and visual semiotic resources co-instantiate attitude, paying special attention to the attitudinal dimension of curriculum goals for school students of different ages. Furthermore, it examines how different kinds of coding orientation are deployed in various educational contexts and different constituent genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDemonstrating how the linguistic and semiotic theories can be adapted to analyse multimodal texts across language and image, \u003ci\u003eInterpersonal Meaning in Multimodal English Textbooks\u003c\/i\u003e offers new perspectives on how to employ multimodal resources to enhance the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596678611180,"sku":"9781350300248","price":137.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/eb40bd35441a17ca50a986d90b4d1564.jpg?v=1777940098"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/dr-yumin-chen.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}