Aysu Şimşek

Aysu Şimşek is a passionate advocate of continuing professional development. After graduating from Istanbul University with joint honours in American Culture and Literature with Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy, she embarked on her teaching career. Now in her role with Oxford University Press, Aysu not only meets and supports teachers from across Turkiye and Central Asia, but she has also become a workplace coach which enables her to help her colleagues with their career development. She enjoys sharing tips and tricks on ELT whenever she has the opportunity. She has co-written articles for Modern English Teacher magazine and TEA Online Magazine. She has also written articles on using games and activities on the OUP ELT Blog (https://oupeltglobalblog.com).

Abstract: More than Four Skills: Empowering Learning through Multimodal Literacy 

We cannot deny the fact that our digital world has changed the nature of literacy. Teaching just the four skills - reading, writing, listening, and speaking—is no longer enough. Today, communication involves pictures, videos, presentations, and other multimedia, so our students need to develop multimodal literacy skills to communicate successfully. In this session, we will look into what multimodal literacy is and why it is important, and we will share some practical ideas to implement in our classrooms.