Dr Ann Kelly

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Integration One perspective and its
applications and implications for adult language
literacy and numeracy practices

• Dr Ann Kelly

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Integration of English language, literacy and
numeracy
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Focus of unit/lesson
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Slightly more complex concept of integration
Learning
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Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF)
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Components of the ACSF

• 5 core skills
• 5 levels of performance
• 6 aspects of communication

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5 Core Skills Levels
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• Learning
• Reading
• Writing
• Oral
• Communication
• Numeracy

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Spiky profile concept
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ACSF Levels of performance
Learning
Reading
Writing
Numeracy
Oral Communication
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Spiky profile concept
5432 1
ACSF Levels of performance
Learning
Reading
Numeracy
Writing
Oral Communication
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6 Aspects of Communication

• Personal
• Cooperative
• Procedural
• Technical
• Systems
• Public

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Applications and Key features of the ACSF

• http//www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Programs/LitandNum/
  WorkplaceEnglishLanguageandLiteracy/Documents/Aust
  ralianCoreSkillsFramework.pdf
• Retrieved 15 March 2011, pp. 3-5.

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Implications of the ACSF

• Provides a useful framework for considering lln
  competency
• Is based on the importance of cognitive,
  socio-cultural, critical and affective
  theoretical positions
• Brings together different disciplinary histories
  and practices
• Impacts on the need for extensive knowledge and
  skills of lln by teachers
• professional development needs
• Impacts on the need for extensive knowledge of
  different contexts by lln teachers and tutors