Exploring polycode texts in exam-based settings

 

Zhussupova  Roza Flurovna1*, Sadykova Aisha Akhylbekovna 2*

1Ass. Prof., PhD, The L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, KAZAKHSTAN, rozazhusupova@rambler.ru

22d year Master Student, The L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, KAZAKHSTAN, aisha_icc@mail.ru

*Corresponding author

Abstract

The article reports on a small-scale study that examined the impact of a polycode text to English foreign language learning, in the form of a pedagogical model of polycode text comprehension at the Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan, for second year student on speciality “Foreign Languages: two foreign languages” over 10 weeks. In this research we defined a polycode text as a complex textual formation in which verbal and nonverbal elements constitute a single whole in visual, structural, semantic and functional aspects, and which is aimed at a complex influence on recipients. The paper’s objective is to examine precedential phenomena functioning in polycode exam-based texts and to show that the organic interaction between precedential phenomena and visual components is used in advertizing texts as a means of enhancing a pragmatic and communicative cognitive effect on an audience. During each week, students in the experimental group were guided through the processes of prediction, problem solving task, identifying the topic, evaluation, and reflection in the form of activities, surveys, questionnaires, and experiment. The experiment included three stages: a) preparatory-organizational, b) formative, and c) summarizing. Under the study of implementation of polycode texts they are proved to be more powerful than any linear text in accordance with their emotional, cognitive and pragmatic aspects. Nonverbal components are especially important when recipients are not able to form a clear picture of goods in their minds on the basis of verbal components. Thus, through a combination of verbal and nonverbal codes during information passing a key idea begins to "work", contributing to develop learners’ reading comprehension that focuses on the process of learning to read, realize a problem, and evaluate information, especially in test-oriented EFL educational settings.

Keywords: Foreign language learning and teaching, polycode text, visualization, verbal and nonverbal codes      


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CITATION: Abstracts & Proceedings of SOCIOINT 2016- 3rd International Conference on Education, Social Sciences and Humanities, 23-25 May 2016- Istanbul, Turkey

ISBN: 978-605-64453-7-8