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The story of a narrative: Teaching and assessing English writing in a township school

In a globalising world increasingly networked through multiple modes of literacy, writing is
becoming arguably more important than it ever was. For schooling systems, effective engagement
with the contemporary world of literacy requires learners to be critical and knowledgeable
interpreters as well as producers of a range of socially-useful texts. Increasingly, learners’ chances
of success in the knowledge economy, as well as their social standing, will depend on their
repertoire of skills with literacy, understood as the ability to comprehend, reconstruct, and engage
texts in a culturally accepted way (Cope & Kalantzis 1993). In general, what is regarded as
culturally accepted is both context-specific and subject to change.

The story of a narrative: Teaching and assessing English writing in a township school

Education Systems: Policy, Governance and Practice

The story of a narrative: Teaching and assessing English writing in a township school

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