two short essays of 600 words each with a very small introduction and a very short conclusion (one or two sentences).
Short essay 1: The term multiliteracies is preferred by some educationalists over the term literacy. Explain what multiliteracies means and how this differs from traditional ideas of literacy.
Short essay 2: Identify why a student may benefit from being taught in such a way in classrooms. In your response, consider how this may support students from different language and social class backgrounds.
Word count includes all text (headings, in-text citations, captions and direct quotes). It excludes the Reference List.
Give the work a title. Title each essay
Add a reference list at the end
Readings
Zbaracki. M. (2015) Future Gazing. In M. Zbaracki (Ed.), Writing Right with Text Types (1st ed., pp 270, 275-276). South Melbourne, Vic: Oxford University Press.
Bremner, P., & Scull, J. (2016). Teaching young indigenous literacy learners: Language for Literacy. In J. Scull & B. Raban (Eds.), Growing up literate: Australian literacy research for practice (1st ed., pp. 195, 197). South Yarra, Vic: Eleanor Curtain.
Anstey, M., & Bull, G. (2018). Foundations of Multiliteracies: Reading, Writing and Talking in the 21st Century. New York, NY: Routledge.
Cope, B & Kalantzis, M. (2015). A pedagogy of multiliteracies, learning by design.
Loane, G. & Muir, S. (2017). Developing Young Writers in the Classroom: Ive got something to say. Abingdon: Routledge. (Ch. 1 & 7-9)
http://newlearningonline.com/multiliteracies
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