NEW LITERACIES,

FUNCTIONAL LITERACY
AND MULTILITERACY
LESSON 3
 TOPICS
NEW LITERACY THE MULTILITERATE LEARNER

THE TRUTH ON 21ST CENTURY IMPACT OF NEW LITERACIES ON

LITERACIES ACCTORDING TO RESEARCH INSTRUCTION

FUNCTIONAL LITERACY MULTI LITERACIES IN

EDUCATIONAL REFORM

INTEGRATION OF NEW LITERACIES IN ASSESMENT OF

THE CURRICULUM MULTILITERACIES

PREPARING TEACHERS FOR MULTI

LITERACTIES
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PICTURE
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Between 1950 and 170, the development of literacy,
both operational and functional was established.

Beyond the 1990's, literacy had started to diverify in

the light of technological developments, change of
living conditions in cities, and the new necessities.
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Literacy is not confined only to
knowing how to read and write rather,
it is a a matter of applying knowledge
for specific purposes in particular
contexts.
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Literacy is not confined only to
knowing how to read and write rather,
it is a a matter of applying knowledge
for specific purposes in particular
contexts.
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It includes socially-driven and evolved pattern
of activities such as :

Writing correspondence
Records keeping and inventories
Posting announcements
Reporting etc.
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Literacies intend to generate and
communicate meanings though the
medium of encoded texts within contexts
in various discourses. (Lankshear and
Knobel, 2006)
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Kress (2003) posited that literacy can only
happen when having a kind of potential
content through interaction with the text.
Likewise, a particular text may be
understood for being connected or related.
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Literacies can bear a coding system
that can capture the meaning, such
as "letteracy" (i.e., within language
and recognition of alphabetic
symbols).
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Primary English Teaching Association Australia (2015)
asserts that 21st Century literacy has expanded to
include social change, increasing field expertise and
digital technologies. To be literate requires
comprehension, selection and use of multimodal
codes and conventions to interpret and express
ideas, feelings and information.
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Subject-specific literacies are recognized
to require the application of specialized
knowledge and skills, information skills,
and the creative and imaginative
language.
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Literacy in the 21st century demands the
ability to perform and act confidently,
efficiently and ethically with a wide range
of written and visual, print, live, digital or
electronic text types according to purpose .
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21s Century literacy combines cross-
curricular capabilities also called
'multiliteracies' and now commonly
referred to as 'new literacies'.
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Leander (2003) noted that new
literacies are often flexible,
continuous and open, where online
and offline lives and "iteracyscapes"
merge.
 7 NEW LITERACIES STRESSED IN
21ST CENTURY CURRICULUM
MULTICULTURAL SOCIAL LITERACY
LITERACY

Multicultural Literacy is about Social literacy is the development

understanding ethnic groups
that comprise the population
and focuses on complex issues
of identity, diversity and
citizenship.
of social skills, knowledge and
positive values in human beings to
act positively and responsibly in
sophisticated complex social
settings.
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21ST CENTURY CURRICULUM
FINANCIAL
MEDIA LITERACY
LITERACY

Financial literacy is the

Media literacy is the
ability to make informed
ability to access, judgments and make
analyze, evaluate, and effective decisions regarding
create media. the use and management of
money.
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21ST CENTURY CURRICULUM
ECOLOGICAL
DIGITAL LITERACY LITERACY

Digital literacy is the ability to Ecological literacy is

effectively use digital devices understanding the
for purposes of
principles of
communication, expression,
collaboration and advocacy in ecosystems toward
a knowledge-based society. sustainability.
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21ST CENTURY CURRICULUM
CREATIVE LITERACY

Creative literacy is the

ability to make original
ideas that have value,
and the ability to see the
world in new ways.
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TIME
The truth on 21st
Century Literacy
According to
research
FUNCTIONAL
LITERACY
 INTEGRATION OF
NEW LITERACIES IN
THE CURRICULUM
 THE
MULTILITERATE
LEARNER
IMPACT OF NEW
LITERACIES ON
INSTRUCTION
MULTILITERACIES
IN THE
EDUCATIONAL
REFORM
 ASSESSMENT
OF
MULTILITERACIES
 PREPARING
TEACHERS OF
MULTI LITERACIES