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(2021) . Literacy Uses and Practices of Schoolchildren Living in a Contemporary Malaysian Context. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 46(10) .  \nRetrieved from [https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol46/iss10/3](https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol46/iss10/3)  \n[This Journal Article is posted at Research Online.](This Journal Article is posted at Research Online.)[ ](This Journal Article is posted at Research Online.)[https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol46/iss10/3](https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol46/iss10/3)  \nLiteracy Uses and Practices of Schoolchildren Living in a Contemporary  \nMalaysian Context  \nSyerina Syahrin,  \nDhofar University, Sultanate of Oman  \nAbstract: This paper reports the uses and practices of literacy in  \nEnglish ofprimary schoolchildren in Malaysia. Data was gathered  \nfrom two children, their parents and the English subject teacher. The  \nresults reveal four major findings. First, the results reveal that the  \nstudents’ experience with out-of-school literacies in English were  \nlargely afforded by new technologies Second, popular culture played  \na considerable role in the students’ out-of-school lives. Third, the  \nstudents’ engagement with out-of-school texts was influenced by  \ncultural artefacts and social discourses, and fourth, there were also  \ncomplementing and contrasting literacy practices reflected in both  \nenvironments. This paper argues that awareness of the students’ uses  \nand practices of English as they participated in different communities  \nmay enable teachers to incorporate aspects of out-of-school literacy  \ninto the school to facilitate the students’ learning. Additionally, it may  \nalso help teachers prepare the students to face the growing challenges  \nof using English in the 21st century.  \nKeywords: ESL, Literacy, Malaysia, Multiliteracies, Out-of-school, Translanguaging  \nIntroduction  \nThe Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 reported that Malaysian primary schoolchildren perform poorly in international standard assessments when compared with their peers from neighbouring countries (Ministry of Education Malaysia, 2013) . The students’ steady decline in levels of English proficiency signals a need to investigate the ways in which literacy in English may be supported in their classrooms within the Malaysian education system.  \nPrevious investigations on language learning in Malaysia found that there is a mismatch between language policy and practice (Hazita, 2016; Musa, Khoo, & Hazita, 2012) . The language policy that aims to enable learners to acquire English language for use in their everyday lives cannot be fully implemented in schools because the emphasis is placed on mastering specific language skills such as grammar (Musa et al., 2012) . The studies recommended reexamination of how English language is taught in Malaysia and suggested that an understanding of children’s out-of-school literacies might provide a way of raising achievement in English literacy (Musa et al., 2012). This requires an investigation of students’ uses and practices of literacy in English in meaningful out-of-school contexts. Understanding and valuing these concepts could enable teachers to make relevant connections between out-of-school literacies  \nand their teaching approaches in the classroom, which, in turn, may make the children’s learning more meaningful and relevant to their lives (Singal & Swann, 2011) . Furthermore, by considering the children’s literacy practices both in school and out-of-school, teachers and parents ma","cbCaihLIYiVww2B5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihLIYiVww2B5","pdf",663852,"English","# Introduction\n## Linguistic Landscape of Malaysia\n## Literacy Uses and Practices (Abstract Findings)","[{\"question\":\"What does the paper examine about literacy in Malaysia?\",\"answer\":\"It examines how Malaysian primary schoolchildren use and practice English literacy in meaningful out-of-school contexts and how these connect to classroom learning.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the study’s data collected?\",\"answer\":\"Data were gathered from two children, their parents, and the English subject teacher.\"},{\"question\":\"What key factors influence children’s out-of-school literacy engagement?\",\"answer\":\"The findings highlight the role of new technologies, popular culture, and cultural artefacts and social discourses in shaping engagement with out-of-school texts.\"}]","Literacy Uses and Practices of Schoolchildren Living in a Contemporary Malaysian Context - Article 3 | PDF",1792078386]