I reflect on the workings from the EDC131 Language and Literacy for teachers, I am reminded that we are a multiliterate society and are surrounded by many forms of literacy. Being an educator in the 21st century means more than reading and writing. It also involves being an active and involved citizen and setting our students up with the skills they need to be involved in the world (Brenden Burnell, 2012) such as being digitally literate. I have been reminded of different influences of literacy and
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Literacy results from the combination of passion, hard work, dedication and success. Obtaining the stature to be viewed as literate in an area is a process, there are no short cuts to get you to that level, and no substitutions for the work you have to put in. An area I believe that I am literate in is soccer. In my 18 years alive, I have put in countless hours, shed tears of both anguish and joy, persevered through the toughest times, and have been recognized for my achievements. In the process
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Poor health literacy is a “silent epidemic” that challenges the functioning of the healthcare system. Low health literacy levels are associated with higher risks of hospitalization, inability to manage health conditions, poor health outcomes, and inability to seek proper treatment and understand options available (Palumbo, 2015). Those with inadequate health literacy are more likely to be poor and uninsured (Levy & Janke, 2016). According to a study done by Pati et al. (2010) concerning maternal
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challenging texts. Using the more accessible books builds fluency which builds self-esteem and confidence. Using the more challenging passages are scaffold to, and with the help of the teacher, it enables the student an opportunity to gain higher level reading skills. The LLI materials are presented in a sequence so that the teacher can emphasize specific skills while reviewing other
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“The New Literacy” is an article by Clive Thompson addressing people’s concerns about technology affecting the younger generations’ ability to write. The author used several different rhetorical strategies, such as statistics, credible sources and definitions in an attempt to persuade those who are skeptical about technology improving students writing. (thesis?) The first strategy that Thompson used was quoting a credible source, and in this case that source is Andrea Lunsford. “Lunsford is a professor
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Reading, for me, has been both on the positive and negative side. I love reading itself, but that is only when I obtain the chance to decide what I read. Required reading assignments and standardized test readings could go away for all I care. To be honest, it would be much better if all statewide and school reading assignments gave the reader an opportunity to prepare for what he or she is about to take a test on, especially since that test is going to decide if he or she moves on. Although I have
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more confident in myself and not to talk smack but to work really hard. As an eighth grader I don’t like reading that much because it’s not that amusing and entertaining to me. I would rather be outside doing something lively or doing something that was interesting to me. One book that affected my reading history when I was six was the book No, David. That book helped me spring into reading and get the hang of words. My mom would read that book every night right before she tucked me in to go to
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Another World Reading, an activity some hate, some love, but at the end of the day, is something everyone does at some point in the day. As a child, I refused to read, like everyone else I assumed it would be boring as my older brother would whine whenever a reading assignment was given to him. My assumptions about reading could not have been more wrong, however, my doubts about the activity stopped me from truly enjoying a book until the fifth grade. There were many books the class read together
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Since early childhood reading and writing has always been a challenge for me. My world evolved around going outside to ride bikes and climb trees. But never once as a child, have I ever said that I was staying in to read a few chapters of my Judy Moody library books. I threw books under my bed in effort to not read the books. This method was my way of ignoring literacy. Unlike, Eudora Welty, a southern author of, “One Writer’s Beginnings” whose mother read many of books to her at even the youngest
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person to get a decent paying job (2016b). Recently, reading and writing professionally have become part of the job requirements and many young adults graduating from high school fail to have the literacy skills required to fulfill these requirements. As someone who has had difficulty in the past with professional reading and writing, and as
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