Expanded Territories of “Literacy”: New Literacies and Multiliteracies

Abstract

Facing the radical change in society in the 21st century, the conventional view of literacy and literacy education may no longer satisfy students’ needs in working and social lives, especially beyond classroom settings. Therefore, expanded territories of literacy have been proposed to better support teachers’ and students’ literacy education and practices. This paper conceptualized two expanded perspectives of literacy that are important and useful to understand literacy and literacy education in the modern society, which provide theories and frameworks for scholars, educators, and practitioners in the field of education.

Keywords: literacy, New Literacies, Multiliteracies