Abstract
We evaluation learning through visual narratives, both wordless static and wordless dynamic visual narratives, particularly for children at the primary level. This exploration enhances our understanding of how children process information and engage with different narrative forms. This study examines the semantic processing of visual narratives compared to verbal narratives. This paper provides insights in child engagement, comprehension, emotional response towards/within the visual narratives. We observe their creative ability of storytelling and narrative formation, development of linguistic skills, semantic processing in visual narratives, and the bridge between knowing and learning. In this process we observe many new, unplanned, unimagined thoughts, choices, and interests. That gives a new insight on the creative learning processes. We evaluated the above attributes with the two case studies. For Wordless Static Visual Narrative (WSVN) a self-illustrated picture book and for Wordless Dynamic Visual Narrative (WDVN) an animation film “tokri” by an Indian Animation Film studio has been chosen. The two were shown to 60 students of age 10-12 years old. They were made to watch and interact with the two Wordless Visual Narrative (WVN). Qualitative analysis of their understanding, comprehension, emotional understanding, narration, storytelling and linguistic skills are observed through their responses. Quantitative analysis were drawn through data driven from the qualitative analysis. Comparing the two and to evaluate the efficacy of the given medium and the aspect of wordless.
Presenters
Shruti Soharia SinghAssistant Professor, Fashion Communication, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Ranganath M Singari
Delhi Technological University Lalit K. Das
Industrial Design Center, I.I.T. Bombay
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Communications and Linguistic Studies
KEYWORDS
WORDLESS VISUAL NARRATIVES, EMOTIONAL RESPONSE, COMPREHENSION, LINGUISTICS, STORYTELLING, NARRATIVES
