Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Literacy Blog
Literacy is defined by Webster as "the ability to read and write". I believe that literacy has much more to it the reading and writing, it is all around us whether we know it are not. It also even effects the people that can't read or write in some countries. Literacy can be expressed though speeches, drawings, images, pictures, texts, and even movies. The amount of different literacy we create over the period of our lives makes us eclectic to literature. Many students only relate novels and essays to literature because of their experiences in high school, but they actually use literature more often then they think in their everyday lives outside of their learning environment. I also strongly believe after one adapts his or her own writing style and tone, people can really learn a lot about a writer though those aspects form just reading his or her pieces.
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I liked how you defined literacy first then explained why you disagree with the definition. Both our views on literacy are very similar with how we think that literacy is used everywhere and we don't even realize it. I also agree with how you think that literacy affects people who can't read and write in some countries because they still communicate to each other and that's literacy. It was definitely a good first blog!
ReplyDeleteYep, I'm with Megan! I like the way you are critiquing dominant ideas about literacy. You are making me think about all the ways that literacy could be more than textual- it can be sonic, embodied and visual...
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that literacy is seen everywhere in and out of the classroom. It's one of the biggest things in the world, literacy is. You're insight on what it means to you was good to read.
ReplyDeleteI used to only think of literacy in books and essays because of high school. However, I am beginning to discover that literacy is everywhere!
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