The Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) is an independent professional association dedicated to literacy and English language learning from early childhood through all stages of schooling and tertiary education contexts.
Literacy is more than simple notions of listening, talking, writing and reading. It encompasses multiple literacies that require an extensive repertoire of multimodal practices developed over a lifetime. As societies and cultures continue to change so do literate practices because the ways individuals communicate, learn and work also change. (Page 1, Section 1, Paragraph 1).
Recognises the critical role literacy plays in learning and communicating in all curriculum areas, and for effective participation in society.