Critical Memetic Literacies in English Education 1st Edition

Critical Memetic Literacies in English Education (1st Edition) is a timely, research-informed guide that redefines how educators approach meaning-making in the age of viral culture. Fast-moving, visually driven, and powerfully persuasive, memes have become a core text type for contemporary students — and this book shows English teachers how to teach them with rigour, relevance, and ethical purpose.

Packed with clear frameworks and classroom-ready examples, this volume translates theory into practice. You’ll find evidence-based strategies for analysing memetic form and function, designing multimodal composition tasks, assessing critical engagement, and embedding memetic study across curriculum standards. The text bridges media studies, literacy pedagogy, and critical digital citizenship to equip teachers for diverse contexts — from secondary classrooms in the US, UK and Australia to tertiary teacher-education programmes and community literacy initiatives worldwide.

Why this book matters: it helps learners decode power, representation, intertextuality and persuasive techniques in digital culture, while cultivating skills in creativity, argumentation and civic awareness. Educators will appreciate the blend of concise conceptual chapters, classroom vignettes, and practical lesson prompts that make implementation straightforward without sacrificing intellectual depth.

Whether you’re a classroom teacher, curriculum designer, or pre-service educator, Critical Memetic Literacies in English Education provides the tools to make contemporary literacy meaningful, critical and teachable. Clear, engaging and forward-looking, this first edition is an essential resource for anyone preparing students to read, produce and evaluate texts in an increasingly memetic world.

Order your copy today to bring innovative, culturally responsive literacy into your classroom.

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