1. The five elements of literacy according to Szwed are text, context, functionality, participation, and motivation. I will pick context. The context is to give meaning to the recipient, what importance is given to something, what assumptions are made about what is being communicated, and most importantly, the message. Context is very important to read because it is a situation that provides a framework for events, statements, or ideas in terms of being able to understand it. All of these elements can be included in the text, so it’s important to know this so that the reader can understand what they’re reading.
2. We see that Szweds also recommends us a method of studying literacy which is ethnography. Szwed recommends using ethnographic techniques in the context of literacy as it is the only way to know what literacy really is and what it can actually measure. Ethnography as a text provides excellent insights into how social anthropologists can conduct field research.
3. With “we must come to terms with the lives of people without patronizing them”, Szweds is trying to say that is not okay to force people who don’t want to learn. Enforcing education is not the best way to educate someone. Forced learning is the wrong path for parents and teachers to repeatedly force students to learn content, time, frequency, and difficulty, and some students take too long to learn and cover extra content. And it leads to the disastrous consequences of being repeated frequently.
4. For Elizabeth Baker, the sociocultural perspective of literacy is the study of literacy across cultures and how literacy changes as cultures change or evolve. From this perspective, she argues, literacy will change if we look at other cultures. The four characteristics of literacy according to Elizabeth Baker are semiotic, public, transitory, and product-oriented.
5. If I was a teacher in the Bronx or anywhere, I would make sure that my way of teaching is helpful and engaging. It’s very important for the teacher to know where the students come from, and in what community they live. In this way, nothing will be forced. Students can be free to choose their way of learning and studying and also free and confident to make changes.
6. In general, “literacy” refers to the ability to read and write, while “orality” refers to the primary language medium used by cultures with little or no writing skills. Oral language is thought and verbal expression in a society where literacy skills are unfamiliar to the majority of the population. Oral studies are closely related to oral tradition studies.
7. Over all these years going to school I know that learning to examine is set listening and knowledge. This enables me or anyone to construct their very own vocabulary and enhance their knowledge once they listen, that’s essential as they begin to examine. So, it’s always to keep up the good work.
8. From what I searched, standardized tests are intended to measure intelligence and general knowledge, but they are standardized against the knowledge and values of majority groups, which can create bias against minorities, including gender, race, community status, and people with different linguistic backgrounds, social and economic status.
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Hey, I definitely agree with being helpful and engaging if you were a teacher of your own. Students relate to experiences and things that peak their interests. If I am not interested or don’t feel a loving environment I won’t be too involved with the lesson.
Hi Melissa, I agree that standardized tests can be discriminatory to minorities. In my opinion it’s not the best way to measure general literacy levels in the country. People should be tested according to their abilities and learning environments but standardized tests are too broad for that.