The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy aims to:
• Keep readers informed about current national and international literacy research;
• Enhance understanding of language and literacy issues in relation to their wider educational and social contexts;
• Provide a forum in which literacy professionals from all settings can exchange and discuss ideas and practices relevant to their work;
• Examine and present research with a view as to how findings might be implemented in teaching and learning contexts;
• Present in-depth investigations of literacy practices and theories.