Le Simplegadi

L’albo illustrato non-fiction A Stone Sat Still (Wenzel 2019) incoraggia i lettori e le lettrici (bambini/e e adulti/e) a osservare, interpretare e pensare in modo critico alla natura e ai suoi ritmi adottando prospettive diverse e riflettendo sulla mutevolezza e sulla persistenza degli elementi naturali. Questo articolo presenta e discute l’albo A Stone Sat Still analizzandone la complessità e la composizione multimodale. L’articolo mira a comprendere le potenzialità dell’albo come veicolo per comunicare e creare significati durante le performance di lettura ad alta voce con i bambini e le bambine per l’educazione ambientale in inglese come lingua aggiuntiva.

DOI: 10.17456/SIMPLE-231

Parole chiave: non-fiction picturebook, children, read-aloud performances, environmental education, EAL.

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