Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Empowering Adolescent Emergent Readers in Government Schools: An Exploration of Multimodal Texts as Pathways to Comprehension Subject The topic of the resource comprehension; Emergent readers; government-schools; literacy; multimodality Description An account of the resource This exploratory study, which was part of a larger investigation into multimodality, looked at the comprehension levels of 62 Grade 8 students from two government schools who were identified as emerging readers out of a group of 118 students. Through observations and interactions with teachers and students, the potential for multimodal texts to enhance comprehension was highlighted. The study specifically compared the effectiveness of a digital comic (Text A) and an audio-visual text (Text B) in enabling comprehension among these emergent readers. Participants were instructed to narrate the content and share their interpretations of these texts, with their responses recorded and analyzed. Feedback revealed a marked preference for Text B among 45 of the 62 emergent readers assessed. Employing theoretical frameworks related to comprehension, language production, multimodality, and task structure, this research concentrated on the subset of 45 students who favored Text B. The findings underscore the importance of aligning instructional materials with students preferred learning modalities, suggesting that such alignment enhances comprehension. The study proposes a refined approach to literacy education policy, advocating for the inclusion of diverse modalities to better meet the varied learning needs of students. 2024 Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Parandhama A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Literacy Research and Instruction Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Routledge Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/19388071.2024.2357101" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1080/19388071.2024.2357101</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85194747754&amp;doi=10.1080%2F19388071.2024.2357101&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=cefdfc3306f022fa8917d1f4b4b20ae2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85194747754&amp;doi=10.1080%2f19388071.2024.2357101&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=cefdfc3306f022fa8917d1f4b4b20ae2</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 19388071 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Parandhama A., Department of English and Cultural Studies, Christ (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, India