International Literacy Day

Literacy is described as the capacity, disposition and confidence to produce and understand the English language fluently, critically, effectively and creatively used as a range of modes of communication including storytelling, music, visual Arts, drama and media, as well as writing, reading, viewing and writing (Australian Government Department of Education Employment and Work Relations [DEEWR], 2009, p.46). Students with in the Australian Curriculum become literate by developing skills,…

I want to include read-aloud books, a variety of games and manipulatives, audiotapes, and computer software programs to help them learn. I want to develop skilled lessons that will enable children activate prior knowledge, preview, predict, and infer information. I want to teach writing to students based on the pragmatic and expressive approach. I wan them to take into account grammar, text structure, and spelling. Vocabulary will also be highly encouraged in their writing. Even though they…

school, reaching 5.1 million in 2010. After the Partition, the low literacy rate has been a concern in this country. According to the United Nations…

cleaned, and eating breakfast must be completed by six thirty AM. Following this you must also be ready for the bus by that time so you may head out. The school day starts off with a single learning category and as the day progresses subjects alternate. During the days entirety no extra assignments have been bestowed to any student. The school day is concluded with dismissal and school based transportation. Finally you have reached your home after the eight hour arduous experiences of school (it…

As the world becomes more advances, some people tend to adapt along and some does not. Alvin Toffler, an American write and a futurist, stated, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who can 't learn, relearn, and unlearn.” In his quote, he implies that those who cannot learn, relearn, and unlearn are illiterate because their knowledge are basic and is not advance like the other people Toffler refer to as “those”. According to Alvin Toffler,…

Change is inevitable. It is no secret that advancements in time and ideas are destined to change the status quo, but the foresight to analyze the gray area where change occurs is often times unknown because change does not come easy. From the world’s most renowned scholars in ancient Greece detesting the shift from oral-based rhetoric to writing, to influential elites hindering the printing press from breaking long-standing institutions, these examples parallel the modern case of writing…

Family literacy describes parents and children learning together. It can describe the way parents, children, family, and community members make use of literacy at home and in their communities. Literacy activities can be done daily through normal routines, and also reflects the ethnic, cultural, and racial differences of families. Family literacy programs are facilitated to encourage families to learn and grow together. These programs address the literacy needs of families across the United…

transition from orality to literacy is fascinating because one would naturally assume that a transition has three phases: How Things Were, How Things Are, and How Things Were in Between. In this case, the natural assumption is incorrect. How Things Were is a clearly identifiable stage, obviously separate from the others. In that stage, written language had not yet been invented. It is much more difficult to define How Things Are. Once the transition from orality began, literacy intermingled with…

This journal will contain a summary of this week’s reading assignment and how the information read will improve my skills related to critical thinking. The reading this week covered the topics of literacy in the adult client population, instructional methods and settings, and instructional materials. In this country, 52% of the population are literate. The rest of the 48% of the population are either functionally illiterate or marginally illiterate. This is concerning for nurses who are…

Literacy has shaped and evolved my life in many different ways over the course of time. In the begging of my journey I only consumed books and didn 't feel adequate enough to try my hand at writing. As the years went on and I experienced an array of different situations I turned to journaling to help me coop with my life. The informal style of journaling made me feel comfortable to start writing stories and other pieces. This and my love of photography eventually lead me to submit an…