Reading for writing: A case study of multi-media presentations of reading achievements

Abstract

With the case study of the teaching of literature reading and writing for a general education course and reference to differentiated instruction and independent exploration, this chapter illustrates how to assist non-Chinese-major students in developing their interests in literature reading by requiring students to use multi-media tools to present their reading achievements. The emphasis on the subjectivity of interactive learning mode helps students develop their interests in reading literature and motivation in learning creative writing. This chapter also explores how this teaching module goes beyond the limits of the conventional literary pedagogy that the form of literary report is confined to texts, and how it helps the post-digital generations, who are accustomed to multi-textualization both in and out of classrooms, to develop multi-intelligences and become lifelong learners who are good at re-construction of meanings of words through images and characters.