Throughout out our lives we go through many different literacy events without noticing what each specific one actually signifies and helps us become a better overall person. The article “What is Literacy? – A Critical Overview of Sociocultural Perspectives” by Kristen H. Perry, breaks down the different views within literacy. What is literacy is the main argument, many think of it as a teaching taught in school but in reality it's in our daily life. Our sociocultural teachings have many theories which are social practice, multiliteracies, and critical literacy.
I created a gallery in which I listed some significant events categorized under the three main topics social practices, multiliteracies, and critical literacies. The gallery images …show more content…
The events practiced are literacy as a social practice and critical literacy. I am practicing literacy as a social practice because I was being helped on how to solve an equation while connecting with my teacher. Math has many different ways to solve a problem Perry states “Practices, in contrast, must be inferred because they connect to unobservable beliefs, values, attitudes, and power structures” (54). My teacher showed me his way of solving a equation and I gave him my thoughts on how I figured it out a different way. This practice definitely helped me solve slopes in a quick and reliable …show more content…
The events practiced are literacy as a social practice and critical literacy. I am practicing literacy as a social practice because I am presenting my project in front of my classmates in Spanish. I created google slides to present the three most important companies in Spain. Speaking Spanish isn't easy for me even though my parents are both native speakers and I took three years of Spanish in high school. Barton & Hamilton state “Literacy practices are purposeful and embedded in broader social goals and cultural practices” (8). I was using my social skills by connecting cultural aspects with language into my presentation. Being able to read the text and understanding what it actually means is key since it's in a different
I created a gallery in which I listed some significant events categorized under the three main topics social practices, multiliteracies, and critical literacies. The gallery images …show more content…
The events practiced are literacy as a social practice and critical literacy. I am practicing literacy as a social practice because I was being helped on how to solve an equation while connecting with my teacher. Math has many different ways to solve a problem Perry states “Practices, in contrast, must be inferred because they connect to unobservable beliefs, values, attitudes, and power structures” (54). My teacher showed me his way of solving a equation and I gave him my thoughts on how I figured it out a different way. This practice definitely helped me solve slopes in a quick and reliable …show more content…
The events practiced are literacy as a social practice and critical literacy. I am practicing literacy as a social practice because I am presenting my project in front of my classmates in Spanish. I created google slides to present the three most important companies in Spain. Speaking Spanish isn't easy for me even though my parents are both native speakers and I took three years of Spanish in high school. Barton & Hamilton state “Literacy practices are purposeful and embedded in broader social goals and cultural practices” (8). I was using my social skills by connecting cultural aspects with language into my presentation. Being able to read the text and understanding what it actually means is key since it's in a different