International Literacy Day

In Susan Jacoby’s essay, “How Dumb Can We Get?” she questions why Americans are becoming less literate and what factors contribute to the lack of awareness in political and cultural issues (261). Jacoby deliberates on the severity of the national crisis presented because of the dullard, irrational citizens of society (262). University students mock their learning experiences by doing the bare minimum and still managing to obtain a college degree, Jacoby assures (260). Jacoby believes that…

Literacy is everywhere in our lives, but literacy isn’t just the act of reading. It is also a complex and intricate process of understanding and learning what you have read. Some of the questions we will ask and answer have to deal with traits of a good reader, what contributes to comprehension, and what we should do to comprehend better. Have you ever finished reading a passage and couldn’t recall what it was about or how it pertained to what you were learning? Don’t worry, we have all been…

by learning how to read and write. Literacy is one of the most important resource that we have to work hard for obtain it. We as human being use literacy to communicate with other people by writing to express our feelings and concerns, and we use reading to know the opinions and thoughts of other. In the essay “Superman and me”, by Sherman Alexie, he focuses on how he became literate and how it impacted his life at home and school. While some of my early literacy narrative at home has…

Using new literacies in the classroom can intimidate any educator, especially those unfamiliar with new literacies themselves. Incorporating social media, online media, and new technologies can prove difficult with hit-and-miss results on behalf of both teachers and students. There is also a glaring inequality in the availability of the resources needed to use new literacies, which puts less fortunate students at a further disadvantage if these literacies become common in better funded schools.…

barriers that prevent equitable literacy and the value society places on reading and writing. Graff and Duffy’s Literacy Myths explicitly discusses social values and access to literacy. Graff and Duffy argue that literacy myths are grounded in the belief that “literacy is a necessary precursor to and invariably results in economic development, democratic practice, cognitive enhancement and upward social mobility” (41). This viewpoint reflects the idea that literacy is an “independent variable”…

It is an excellent resource for modelling literacy strategies. Other resources and prop used in the lesson are helpful on children 's learning. The Costumes, a diagram of the flea life cycle and onomatopoeia and picture matching cards gives the visual cues and create interest in the lesson (McDonald…

Kids around the world start to learn literacy when they enter school. With our little experience with illiterate people we can not fully understand the complete impact literacy has. By reading the essays “Learning to Read and Write: Superman and Me”, by Sherman Alexie and “Learning to Read”, by Malcolm X I have gained a better understanding of what literacy does for us. These essays have brought up the question, how is literacy linked to issues of empowerment in society? In the excerpt, “The…

areas of education and the role of literacy has always been there, but now there is a greater emphasis for upcoming educators. Continuously working on literacy will further benefit the students’, if those literary skills are developed beyond the English classroom. Educators are now being required to take a course regarding literacy to develop the underlying skills found within literacy that will help students excel in all areas. My education course, “ED 451: Literacy within the Content Area”,…

Literacy Keith Gilyard asserts that,“Students will need to engage in discussions of cultural, ideology, hegemony and asymmetrical power relations [...]” So in addressing the writing prompt for this essay I pose the question: how do my parents definition of literacy in an African society directly juxtapose my personal literacy in the United States. How did one actively shape the other? The story of an immigrant is always one fraught with hardship and sacrifice. My parents were no exception.…

With the technological advancements of our modern era, several new and exciting possibilities present themselves to the educational community every day as a way to advance the growth of school children in order to present them with the highest chance of higher learning. The internet as a resource is an abundant place to procure information because of the sheer mass that is available; however, the chance that children will be exposed to inappropriate content or be harmed by unreliable sources are…