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Direct linkThomas, Angela; To, Vinh – English in Australia, 2019
'Asia literacy' can be loosely defined as having 'some understanding of Asia and its languages in order to engage with it and communicate with its people' (Erebus Consulting Partners, 2002). The Australian Curriculum has prioritised children's development of Asia literacy, specifically through articulating the cross-curriculum priority defined as…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Asian Studies, National Curriculum, Childrens Literature
Cheung, Kelly; O'Sullivan, Kerry-Ann – English in Australia, 2017
Manga and anime may no longer be the "new kids" in wider media culture but they are relatively new texts for study in the secondary English classroom. Manga and anime support teachers in their work towards inclusive classroom practices and build multimodal literacies but the cartoony face of the medium belies a depth of analysis required…
Descriptors: Cartoons, English Instruction, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality
Yeung, Daniel; Curwood, Jen Scott – English in Australia, 2015
Prior scholarship suggests that many boys are disengaged from school-based literacy because they do not see its value or significance in their lives. In response, this study investigates the role of popular culture and new literacies in motivating adolescent boys within secondary English. Drawing on sociocultural approaches to literacy research,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Males, Literacy
Callow, Jon; Zammit, Katina – English in Australia, 2012
From the original performances of Shakespeare's plays and the illustrated title page of his First Folios, to the current day use of YouTube, mobile phones and tablets, multimodal texts have been apparent across Western cultures. The rapid development over the last 20 years of technology has markedly increased access to a much broader array of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Multiple Literacies, Learning Modalities
