I am a researcher and educator with a focus on language and literacy teaching and assessment, and digital communications. My work focuses on how young multilingual learners use a variety of semiotic modes to make meaning and communicate. I view research as something that must be highly collaborative and should address issues of equity. I often use qualitative methods, and primarily transmodal and narrative analysis approaches to answer my research questions. My interests are in transmodal communications, young learner language teaching and assessment, and critical language pedagogy. Check the links below or explore this site to learn more about the work I do.
Gordon Blaine West 