New literacies

Literacy, the ability to read and write, and the overall structure to learning any type of information. Literacy is something that can be funded in newspapers, the internet, television, books, and many other resources. It is something so active and diverse and is constantly being influenced by different source materials and situations. Being able to define and find strong points of literacy within is sometimes difficult. The best way to tackle this question is to find out who is one’s main…

The ‘Four Resources Model’ is the most relevant model for addressing the needs of 21st century literacy learners. The ‘Four Resources Model’ was developed by Luke & Freebody, in 1999. It is a literacy model which is divided into four distinct parts, which are not learnt in an heiherigary nor separate order, but developed and mastered alongside each other. Throughout the teachings of the model’s four segments, 21st century students are able to develop a range of skills, resources and knowledge…

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…

Introduction One of the key initiatives of human development is curriculum reform. Literacy is seen as a major element of curriculum reform and hence the Ministry of Education has accepted the challenge as a major mechanism for change. According to Tompkins, (2010) Literacy is defined as, “the ability to use reading and writing for a variety of tasks at school and outside of school (p.4). The concept of literacy has been broadened to include the cultural and social aspects of language learning,…

beginning and shortcomings. Despite the apparent importance of civic literacy, it has been consistently found that Americans have little knowledge about their own country. This proves to be harmful in many ways proven through lack of political involvement, incorrect knowledge and the depolarization of our nation. Thus, I have concluded that there are five highly important things that every American should know to improve their civic literacy: how we became a nation and why, our laws and rights,…

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…

Reading Attitude of young people and how social media encourage reading Reading is a complex make up. It is an aspect process involving word recognition, comprehension, fluency, and motivation. Others prefer to read printed texts (such as books, newspapers, journals etc.) while others prefer to read online, especially now that we are living in the 21st century or most preferable named as the digital era. Online reading on the other hand, is a process of getting information or meaning of the text…

I have learned that to become a text producer I need to be involved with the variety of functions in language and literacy. Hill (2012) states that ‘to be multiliterate means to be literate in print-based and new communication technologies’ (p. 361). Such technologies include ‘electronic literacies, technoliteracies, digital literacies, visual literacies and print-based literacies’ (Hill 2012, p. 361). Text production is important to incorporate into the classroom as young children nowadays, are…

to perform to a certain standard and are treated as incapable individuals. Powell talks not about Indians but how they are viewed to give insight on how her race is being viewed with the hope of changing that mindset. Keefe and Copeland state that Literacy is not justified to a…

Knowledge is power, and literacy is the key to the intellectual nirvana of accomplishment. To thrive in a country immensely driven by creativity, innovation, and problem solving, one must perfect his or her ability to read and write at the very least. Individuals who lack strong skills for finding, understanding, and evaluating written information cannot easily equip themselves with that knowledge, never mind use it to form and promote their personal values. Contrary to the popular opinion that…