"The Arts, New Literacies and Multimodality"

As a result of the ever changing definition of literacy, especially in the 21st century "the arts," "the new literacies" and "multimodality' are becoming more prominant in  the English language arts classroom. In the article Albers and Harste questions that "instructionally the issues becomes, how do we build the literacies which today's students bring with them to the classroom?" (Albers & Harste, 2007, p. 7). It is important for educators to first understand the social and literacy practices that learners bring to the classroom.

Albers, P. & Harste, J.C. (2007). The arts, new literacies, and multimodality. English Education, 40(1), 6-20.