Health literacy

Growing up being an African American, my parents would always stress how important reading and writing is. My father would always say, "If you are able to read and write, nothing in the world can stop you." I learned to read and write at the age of three years old. The first thing I ever learned to read and write was my name: Tia Nicole Watkins. My parents would tell my name makes me who I am and holds very high significance. In the past, it was illegal for African Americans to even know how to…

4.12 Factors Affecting Writing: Some of the factors that affect writing are reading, thinking, motivation and imagination. 1) Reading- There is extensive research on the effects of reading materials on learners writing process. (Day and Bramford 1998; Elley 1991; and Krashen 2004) report research findings which demonstrate the positive power of free, voluntary reading in facilitating language acquisition. Reading is assumed as an essential input and stimulus for writing classrooms. It is seen…

every individual. Literacy dates back from the beginning of America and the growth of the world. Literacy has a powerful impact on society and the people around us it can offer comfort and creativity. Furthermore as our society moves on to next century, literacy still possess a strength to enable crisis, development and trauma. Development in literacy is shown from our past, from wars to political issues, to even literature. It represents itself in many important ways. Literacy is used in a way…

What is inside of a person’s brain is truly a mystery. Many times, you look at a person and wonder what went so wrong up in their head that is causing them to say the things they say (an increasingly frequent thought, taking this election cycle into consideration). However, the fact remains that if a person keeps their mouth shut, there is no way for anyone to know their thoughts and ideas. This is where Miller poses a question: what might the literate arts be said to be good for? Can they…

When I think of the word literacy, the first thing that comes to mind is vocabulary. I think of literacy as the amount of vocabulary an individual has in their mind. You need a wide variety of vocabulary in order to be sufficiently successful at reading and writing. The dictionary may say that the definition is the ability to read and/or write, but without vocabulary both of those are nearly impossible to do because vocabulary is the foundation for all reading and writing. When I look back…

Different Dialects the same Language: The Relationship between Standard Literacy and Individual Literacy Identity Literacy has always been a way of expressing one’s opinions yet, with an array of linguistic literacy it has wrongly fallen to school educators to decide what literacy practices are acceptable. Along with the United States government, state school boards decided Standard English was the only way in determining literacy capabilities across America. Though no each place the same,…

At first when I was told we had to create this literacy portfolio. It really didn’t make sense to why I had to pull a student who was below grade level out of class to complete this assignment. Once I read APS 7 and saw how I could use the portfolio to help me help my students, it started to make sense. I would like to have a literacy portfolio for all of my students when I get my own classroom. This would be something I start at the beginning of the year. I could see who needs the most help and…

Public as needing to change their standards on how they view climate change, as the writer even sates, “Americans care more and more about climate change as its effects become more immediate to them.” The article supports Toffler’s point of view on literacy because it views it positively on how Americans are starting just now to care and respect the planet more, thus causing them to become involved and more “literate” on the topic, as they are “unlearning” their old habits. Along with the…

Some people think that there is no bigger emphasis on the reading and writing capabilities than there was before. However, in my opinion, being able to read and write is more imperative than ever before because otherwise there will be difficulties in one’s daily life and one will have less job opportunities. To begin with, one will find carrying out daily activities challenging without the ability to read and write in modern days. This is because illiteracy rate has decreased significantly…

described by Scribner, literacy has three metaphors, state of grace, power, and adaptation, and the Amish and Appalachian literacy experience all three metaphors. According to Fishman, Amish literacy integrated all aspect of life, but according to Purcell-Gates and Bagbahn, Appalachian literacy is not integrated all aspect of life. Amish family literacy encounter in their family, religious, recreational, educational, and economic activities. On other hand, Appalachian encounter literacy in all…