New Literacies and the English Curriculum [Paperback]

In an age where the use of electronic media is expanding and the nature of traditional texts and text-based learning is changing, new literacies are becoming increasingly important in the school classroom. This volume examines how new literacies can be used in the English curriculum, and presents a series of research-based studies applied to every level of school-age education. The chapters examine: early literacy; picture books; the internet; secondary school English; and the problems of assessment in the new literacy age.

This forward-thinking volume will be of interest to teachers and academics researching education, literacy, applied linguistics, and social semiotic theory.

I. Introduction

1. Negotiating New Literacies in English Teaching, Len Unsworth (University of New England, Australia)

II. Multimodality in Early Literacy Learning

2. The Designs of Culture, Knowledge, and Interaction in the Reading of Language and Image, Peter Freebody (University of Sydney, Australia) and Bette Zhang Bin (The University of Queensland, Australia)
3. Multimodal Texts and Emergent Literacy in Early Childhood (Jane Torr, Macquarie University, Australia)

III. Interpreting Literary Picture Books: Social Semiotic Perspectives

4. Anthropocentricism and the Hacceitas of Nature in Multimodal Ecological Discourses for Children (John Stephens)
5. The Role of Colour in Children's Picture Books, Clare Painter (University of New South Wales, Australia)
6. Intermodal Reconcilation: Mates in Arms, J. R. Martin (University of Sydney, Australia)
7. Savvy Sambo: Appraising an Icon, Corinne Buckland (University of New England) and Andrew Simpson (Sl£‰