NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Honan, Eileen – English in Australia, 2010
This article assumes that literacy practices are social practices. Based on the New Literacy Studies (Street, 2005) this view of literacy provides an understanding that the ways a person reads and writes change, depending on that person's identity, the type of texts that are involved and the context in which those texts and identities are located.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Role, Influence of Technology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Wyatt-Smith, Claire – English in Australia, 2002
Addresses that distinctive contribution of English to the development of students' literate capabilities as they progress through the years of schooling. Develops a framework for thinking about the nature of knowledges and the repertoires of literate practice made available to students of the English classroom. Explains different understandings…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, English Instruction