Australian Journal of Language and Literacy articles from February 2002

Australian Journal of Language and Literacy archives from February 2002

Editors' introduction.
February 1, 2002... This is the last issue of the AJLL journal that we have had the privilege to edit. It has been four years since we took on the role of editors and while there have been some frenetic times it has been a most rewarding experience overall. We...

Build on the rock: teacher feedback and reading competence.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Introduction It is expected that children leave primary school able to read, write and speak well enough to meet the demands of secondary school. The rock upon which the high school curriculum is built is the premise that students can...

What's happening in schools for primary students with learning difficulties in literacy and numeracy? A national survey.
February 1, 2002... The purpose of the survey reported in this paper is to provide a national picture of the provision made in regular Australian school settings for students who have learning difficulties in literacy and numeracy. This survey formed part of a...

Moving towards critical literacies in conversations about the teaching of English.
February 1, 2002... Critical literacy has received a great deal of interest from affiliates and those not so pleased with its pedagogical parameters. In Australia, some of the negative side of the debate has emanated from its (un)suitability to support the...

Changing dimensions of school literacies.
February 1, 2002... Change, continuity and complementarity: Reconfiguring literacy repertoires While many of the fundamentals of established, language-based literacy pedagogies will endure in the foreseeable future, they are by no means sufficient for the...

Using words to explain mathematical ideas.
February 1, 2002... Introduction It is widely accepted that, for primary grade children at least, mathematical language and concepts evolve from the child's own language, from mathematical activities in school, and from everyday experience. As Munro (1989)...

Teaching Multiliteracies Across the Curriculum.
February 1, 2002... by Len Unsworth Audience: Teachers (K-8) searching for units of work which exemplify good practice in the teaching of multimodal texts. Teachers and scholars searching for a metalanguage to describe the ways in which text and...