Embodied literacies: an investigation into how young children embody their engagement with the features of wordless picturebooks

在我的博士学位期间，我将研究幼儿在阅读无字图画书时的身体实践。身体实践在这里被定义为传达意义的整体或分割的身体运动（Strawberry & Stewart，2011）。这一定义与多模态理论相联系，该理论认为沟通是通过各种方法进行的（Kress，2010）。这项研究将分析幼儿在阅读无字图画书时，作为具体实践的制定和物理对象操纵的使用。无字图画书被选为这个项目是因为它们的叙事和设计特征（Nikolajeva，2002; Sipe & Bristman，2009）。Hassett（2010）认为文本类型及其特征影响反应的类型，例如手势可以用来解释视觉文本的空间关系。我将通过使用定性数据来分析儿童在接触无字图画书的特征时如何使用具身实践来调查这一说法。我的博士学位将提供深入了解体现的做法在幼儿的识字实践在课堂上发挥的作用。识字实践在这里被理解为个人对文本做出反应的各种方式（Street，1993）。通过使用丰富的qualitivedata专注于具体的具体做法，一个新的和微妙的理解将产生关于儿童如何使用制定和物理对象操纵从事无字的图画书。

Throughout my PhD I will investigate young children's embodied practices as they engage with wordless picturebooks.Embodied practices are defined here as whole or compartmentalised body movements that communicate meaning(Strathern & Stewart, 2011). This definition links to the theory of multimodality, which asserts that communication occursthrough a variety of methods (Kress, 2010). The research will analyse young children's use of enactment and physicalobject manipulation, as embodied practices, while they engage with wordless picturebooks. Wordless picturebooks hasbeen chosen for this project due to their narrative and design features (Nikolajeva, 2002; Sipe & Brightman, 2009).Hassett (2010) has suggested that text types and their features affect the types of responses, for instance gesture maybe used to interpret the spatial relations of a visual text. I will investigate this claim by using qualitative data to analysehow children use embodied practices as they engage with the features of wordless picturebooks. My PhD will provideinsights into the role embodied practices play in young children's literacy practices in the classroom. Literacy practicesare understood here as the varied ways that individuals respond to texts (Street, 1993). Through using rich qualitativedata to focus on specific embodied practices, a new and nuanced understanding will be generated as to how childrenuse enactment and physical object manipulation to engage with wordless picturebooks.