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Literacy is vital; in order to live a productive life in 2013 humans need to communicate in a myriad of ways using a vast array of skills to make meaning and to understand information. Literacy is a not a static concept, the notion of what it means to be literate changes rapidly as technologies develop and evolve and as our society changes (Wishart, 2009). It also understood that some literacies hold more power than others; Standard Australian English (SAE) is considered to be the ‘common’ and dominant language of Australia. However in this diverse multicultural country there are many languages and dialects spoken, especially in less formal settings and these need to be valued if we are to truly engage all students (ACARA, 2013). Teacher’s need to perform three tasks in respect to literacy education. They must expose students to all the various texts, traditional, modern and those using multiple platforms; they must explicitly teach SAE; and they must be embrace and promote diverse literacies. Literacy is the ability to communicate and make meaning using a variety of different texts, in order to participate in a functional way in modern society. 100 years ago in the industrial age the basic literacy skills of reading and writing may have been required by only a few. Now in 2013 due to massive advances in technology and the diverse nature of society, the type of text and the amount that is being produced has radically changed (Anstey & Bull, 2013). Students leaving school today need to be literate users of email, text social media, and software programs as part of their jobs and their social lives. Students need to learn SAE in order to participate in fully in formal aspects of Australian live, however they need to maintain literacy in their dialects, first languages and specific cultural practices in order to attend their church and have lunch with extended family

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