Friday, September 21, 2007
Most Important Part of Literacy.....
I find this to be a difficult post to write. I go to thinking and decided that there isn't just one most important component, but rather at least three. 1.) Reading: being able to scan and process words from left to right with proper punctuation pauses and so on. 2.) Writing: being able to translate what you read into your own words from your head, to your hand, to the paper/computer. And 3.) Comprehension: being able to understand what you've read so that you can get to the writing component. Why are these three things extremely important? These three aspects of literacy so important so that in life we can progress little by little. From childhood to adulthood (which always seems to come alot quicker than we think). If anyone has aspirations of making a life for themself and getting a good job then they have to be able to continually build on these three things.
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I totally agree with those three things that you need; reading, writing and comprehension. All of those things are important components in being literate. other things that would be important is the interpretation, and speaking. Speaking is a huge part in communication...obviously lol... you should be able to hold a conversation and things like that. And interpreting your reading is very important, or even other things like people. You can read something and just think its words, but to interprete it, you read it, put it in your own words and apply it. Its your own way of seeing what is written.
Good, James. Now what I want to push you to think about is how those three things play out in your content area -- what does reading, writing, and comprehension look like from your discipline?
I also agree with what James said. Though, I think we must also see how children can analyze and apply the info they read. You can comprehend it, but what will you do with the information afterwards when you comprehend it. For something to stick when reading, their must be application and analysis. As for my teaching area, any student can read about any given area of history and understand it, but how will he or she use this for future events and lessons and apply them there.
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