Critical literacy: the Four Resources model & (teaching) reading

Navan Govender

Critical literacy: the Four Resources model & (teaching) reading

Education

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

Reading, from a critical literacy perspective, requires that teachers and learners make meaning beyond the text: from decoding, to comprehension, to critical language awareness. Where decoding is related to the technical skills of reading (linking sounds to letters and words), comprehension is related to cognition (being able to interpret the meanings available in texts). Critical language awareness (Janks, 1993; Fairclough, 2014) further requires understanding texts and language use as socio-culturally situated and as having both a social function and a social impact (Vasquez, Janks & Comber, 2019; Fairclough, 2001).
But, what might that mean for practice? Luke & Freebody’s (1999) Four Resources model outlines a framework for reading and the teaching of reading from a critical literacy perspective.

Original language	English
Media of output	Blog
Number of pages	7
Place of Publication	Scotland, UK
Publication status	Published - 6 Nov 2019

Keywords

critical literacy
reading
teaching reading
linguistic diversity
teaching english

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https://criticalliteracyinscotland.wordpress.com/2019/11/06/guest-post-asking-critical-questions-by-dr-navan-govender/

1 Finished
1 Active

Critical Literacies & the Decolonial Turn
Govender, N. N. (Principal Investigator)
1/07/19 → …
Project: Non-funded project

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Finding a Place for Critical Literacies in Scotland
Govender, N. N. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/19 → 30/07/21
Project: Non-funded project

1 Other contribution

Can you see a social issue? (Re)Looking at everyday texts
Govender, N., 22 Oct 2019, Glasgow, Scotland
Research output: Other contribution

3 Invited talk
1 Participation in conference
1 Membership of network
1 Co-Production

Scottish Book Trust - Book Discovery: Decolonising the curriculum through texts (Secondary)
Govender, N. (Speaker)
1 Jun 2023
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
We are all semioticians (Keynote)
Govender, N. (Speaker)
2 Jul 2022
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Federation of European Literacy Associations (FELA)
Govender, N. (Participant)
12 May 2021
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference

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Critical literacy: the Four Resources model & (teaching) reading

Abstract

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Projects

Critical Literacies & the Decolonial Turn

Finding a Place for Critical Literacies in Scotland

Research output

Can you see a social issue? (Re)Looking at everyday texts

Activities

Scottish Book Trust - Book Discovery: Decolonising the curriculum through texts (Secondary)

We are all semioticians (Keynote)

Federation of European Literacy Associations (FELA)

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