Critical Literacy is one of the latest trends of EFL Instruction. Enhancing Critical Literacy skills enables learners to develop some 21st century skills necessary to evaluate texts, to find out authors' bias, give justification, verify proofing, contextualize texts, see data through different lenses. The study suggests using Multimodal Text-Based Analysis to improve critical literacy skills of secondary school students. Multimodal Text-Based Analysis is rooted in “Multi-modality”. Literature review has proved the effectiveness of Multimodal text-based analysis to develop critical literacy skills. Two pilot studies were conducted and showed that EFL secondary school students of 1st year suffered from not having good skills of critical reading (18.75%) and of critical writing (28.12%). Students achieved poor scores in analyzing visual critical text (27%), solving problems (37%), uncovering hidden messages (27%), making decisions (3%) drawing conclusions (50%) and giving justifications (53%). The 2 pilot studies have been conducted before the first lock down of COVID19 2019, it is available for check for those who are practically concerned.
Using Multi-Modal Text Analysis for Developing EFL Critical Literacy Skills Among Secondary School Students