Writing and coding: Assisting writers to cross the modes

Language and Education

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-157

  Vincent, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multimedia; Multimodal literacy; Semiotic modes; Transmediation; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947614065     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le680.0     Document Type: Article

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