Traditional literacies involve reading and writing language symbolically, while new literacies involve using digital tools to create meaning from images, sounds, and multimedia. New literacies are important because they change how meaning is created and shared, empowering more people. For citizenship and everyday life in a globalized world, it is important that everyone has the opportunity to learn new literacies skills like advocating, navigating ambiguity, and using multimodal tools, so they can fully participate in society and the workforce. Teachers should integrate identity and multiliteracies into lessons, and design co-learning experiences with students.

1. Topics/Questions Traditional literacies New literacies Globalization of literacies for citizenship, everyday life
What is it?
The symbolic representation of
language; reading and writing
Digital means of manufacturing
meaning sings. Images and
sounds to be produced by the
same means
1. Multimedial tools,literacy skills
2. To be able to advocate
( Active citizenship)
3. Navigate ambiguity
Why is it important?
It's important because the
symbolic representation
takes a manufactured
form that leaves
tracesand lasts beyond
out utterance
It's important because it
changes the balance of power
between the modes of meaning
making
It's important to get an equal chance to learn and
participate fairly in the society, to be productive workers
Tips for english language teaching
1. Integrate identity,
multiliteracies
2. To be able to design
learning experiences
and help the learner
co-design the learning