MULTILITERACIES

4 RESOURCES MODEL

1. Code-Breaker: How do I access the semiotic system of construction?

2. Text Participant: How do I understand this text?

3. Text User: How do I use this text?

4. Text Analyst: How is the text positioning me as a user?

4 RESOURCES MODEL

The Four Resources Model places an emphasis on the development of the four major learner roles. These are Code-Breaker, Text Participant, Text User and Text Analyst (Freebody and Luke, 1990). In order to assume a learner role, the learner needs to focus on the corresponding literacy practices.

WHY MULTIMODALITY IS IMPORTANT

MULTICULTURALISM: the presence of, or support for the presence of, several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society.

A view that rejects the global centrality of any single culture/historical perspective.

A principle/rules that guide the interactions and influences the perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, behaviours of people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

LITERACY: the ability to read & write; a synthesis of language, context and thinking that shapes meaning

MULTILITERACIES: first used by the New London Group (1996) to encapsulate a wider view of literacy, taking into account the impact of the increase in communication channels and the prominence of culture and linguistics diversity in the world

MULTIMODALITY