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Four Roles of the Literate Learner
(Luke and Freebody, Literacy for Learning, 1990)

Role                      What “Readers” Know and Do
Code Breaker              Understand
decoding the codes
and conventions of           •   the relationship between spoken sounds and
written, spoken and              written symbols
visual text                  •   the grammar of texts
                             •   the structural conventions of texts


Meaning Maker             Make meaning by drawing on
comprehending
written, spoken and          •   own experiences and prior knowledge
visual texts                 •   knowledge of similar texts


Text User                 Know that
understanding the
purposes of different        •   different types of texts have different purposes
written, spoken and          •   these purposes shape the way texts are
visual texts for                 structured and formed
different cultural and
social functions          Apply this knowledge in using (e.g. comprehending,
                          creating, transforming) text


Text Analyst              Is aware and can identify how
understanding how
texts position readers,      •   texts are not ideologically natural or neutral but
viewers and listeners            are crafted to represent the views and interests of
                                 the writer
                             •   information, ideas and language in texts influence
                                 reader perceptions
                             •   texts empower or disempower certain groups




Teachers can use the model as a way

*As a way of seeing literacy and conceptualizing moving towards a critical literacy
*As a way of planning activities and materials
*To reflect on teaching practice
*To evaluate materials

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Four Roles Of The Literate Learner

  • 1. Four Roles of the Literate Learner (Luke and Freebody, Literacy for Learning, 1990) Role What “Readers” Know and Do Code Breaker Understand decoding the codes and conventions of • the relationship between spoken sounds and written, spoken and written symbols visual text • the grammar of texts • the structural conventions of texts Meaning Maker Make meaning by drawing on comprehending written, spoken and • own experiences and prior knowledge visual texts • knowledge of similar texts Text User Know that understanding the purposes of different • different types of texts have different purposes written, spoken and • these purposes shape the way texts are visual texts for structured and formed different cultural and social functions Apply this knowledge in using (e.g. comprehending, creating, transforming) text Text Analyst Is aware and can identify how understanding how texts position readers, • texts are not ideologically natural or neutral but viewers and listeners are crafted to represent the views and interests of the writer • information, ideas and language in texts influence reader perceptions • texts empower or disempower certain groups Teachers can use the model as a way *As a way of seeing literacy and conceptualizing moving towards a critical literacy *As a way of planning activities and materials *To reflect on teaching practice *To evaluate materials