MULTILITERACIES

// "Multiliteracies are the multiplicity of communications channels and increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in the world today" //

What is Multiliteracy? Multiliteracies address the broadening forms of literacy in our world today. Teaching mulitliteracy aims to provide knowledge and prepare children for the increasingly technological dependant and globalizing world of today. We no longer encounter text in limited forms, it is splashed across many different mediums such as print, video, internet and in digital constructs. It is increasingly evident that both digital and print texts are essential in a child’s learning. Both these mediums should be used to work together and enhance learning for the child. Books written in text will always hold significant importance in learning and teaching, however resources such as CD-ROM’s and the internet can be useful in interactive learning and supporting the child on a 24 hour basis as the internet is so easily available. It is not only essential to enhance their reading by incorporating multiliterate texts into a child’s life, but in today’s society it is also seen as a necessity to be multiliterate in order to function in many different situations. (Hill, 2006, pp 340)