Feedback from Michael

Some really useful feedback from Michael. I now need to use this to help re-shape my draft before sending it onto Sian as soon as possible. Michael says:

"Hello there, James,

Good outline. Please see attached for comments. I have some suggestions in the document but it reads well and is a very valid topic. Overall, my comments are as follows:

1.             You mention looking at multimodal submissions, attitudes of tutors and teachers towards these submissions and criteria to assess these presentation. I would zero in on one of these as the three combined might be too broad a scope for the dissertation. Just a thought. I suspect criteria would be the most tangible one to pursue and that way you could include student multimodal examples by way of applying the chosen criteria. 

2.             I added some sources on multimodality. I also know we covered some transliteracy stuff during the MSc, but I cant remember for the life of me the author (Gee?). Either way, I added Kress, who sort of invented the genre of multimodality and gives some great real-world examples of how one can 'translate' multimodal submissions. I attached a few here. 

3.             Otherwise, looks great, James. This is a good one to pursue and then you can save the broader stuff for when you do a PhD or we just start working together on another project. Either way, these ideas won't go to waste.

4.             I can provide my draft thesis working paper (although by working I mean sloppy as all get out), if you are interested as I write a bit about multimodality (but not in the context of assessment).