Literacy encompasses the knowledge, skills and dispositions that students need to use language for different purposes in a range of contexts.
The Literacy general capability is organised into three elements:
- Speaking and listening
- Reading and viewing
- Writing.
Advice
The following advice provides background to the Literacy general capability, including the literacy progression. It supports teachers to use the general capability across all levels of schooling and all learning areas.
The following resources support schools to embed the general capabilities in their teaching, learning and assessment programs.
Resources
The following progression resource for the literacy general capability is labelled from Level 1a–6 to present a sequence of detailed, observable, evidence-based indicators of literacy development.
- Last updated:
- 18 March 2026
