PBW1043_2024_LU1_latest_(Introduction to Literacy and Reading).pptx

PBW1043 Critical Reading LU1: Introduction to Literacy & Reading Let’s check the Pre-course Survey on eleap Survey - https://eleap.unimas.my/mod/qu estionnaire/view.php?id=570091  Lecture content Part I Part II Definition and Understanding Significance of...

PBW1043 Critical Reading LU1: Introduction to Literacy & Reading Let’s check the Pre-course Survey on eleap Survey - https://eleap.unimas.my/mod/qu estionnaire/view.php?id=570091  Lecture content Part I Part II Definition and Understanding Significance of the Reading Literacy Process The Significance of Reading Definition and Significanc e of Literacy  What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘literacy’? Word cloud  What is literacy? Let’s watch this video: https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=KpjMcbft2vQ What is literacy? What did you get from that video? – eleap- https://eleap.unimas.my/course/ view.php?id=11122# What is literacy? Literacy is the ability to read, write, speak and listen in a way that lets us communicate effectively and make sense of the world.(National Literacy Trust) As a means of identification, understanding, interpretation, creation, and communication in an increasingly digital, text-mediated, information-rich and fast- changing world. (UNESCO, 2023) At its simplest, literacy is the way that we interact with the world around us, how we shape it and are shaped by it. It is how we communicate with others via reading and writing, but also by speaking, listening, and creating. (National Council of Teachers of English)  Evolution of literacy Renaissance - literacy became available to the 1450s - printing masses. – before press invented by luxury for the Johannes wealthy elite. Writing system – Guttenberg – Clay tablets books rare (southern commodities – Rhetoric (Aristotle) Mesopotamia circa being hand- 3,000 BCE) - copied, became invented common items. cuneiform script, the first known writing system.  Media Informati Numerica onal l The multifaceted nature of Cultural Technolo gical literacy Literacy is more than beyond basic just reading and writing. reading and writing skills. Financial Visual Health Digital Importance of literacy and reading Is literacy important? Is reading important? How? Why? Activity 2: Group Discussion –case study Let’s watch this short video. Now, read the following article. Discuss in your groups, the importance of literacy and how literacy helped in each case. Can you come up with any other importance? Write answers on eleap Importance of literacy It give us skills and competence to help us function effectively in our society. It encourages us to contribute to society – economy, social, cultural etc. It helps us to be proficient in our communication - various forms It empowers and liberates us – improves our lives by expanding capabilities reduces poverty, increases participation in the labour market Positively affects our health and sustainable development. Overcome the barriers of social inequality and discrimination. Access to better job opportunities Improved health outcomes Strengthened social and cultural norms Enhanced community leadership Increased civic engagement Women empowered by literacy = positive ripple effect on all aspects of development greater life choices and an immediate impact on the health and education of their families, especially girl children. Reading enable individuals to engage with and contribute to their communities and societies in various ways: Access to Information and Knowledge Promotion of Critical Thinking and Empathy Facilitation of Communication and Dialogue Empowerment and Agency Preservation and Transmission of Culture Promotion of Lifelong Learning and  In general, reading promotes social and cultural participation by arming individuals with knowledge, critical thinking skills, empathy, and agency so they can actively participate in their communities, empower social justice, and celebrate cultural diversity. Let’s take a 15 minutes break! PART II  Reflect on your 1.Why do we read? 2.List down ALL materials you have read in the past personal year. 3.Discuss some of your memorable reading experienc experiences. 4.What are the roles of reading in your lives? es with 5.How did you learn how to read? How did your teacher/parents teach you how to read? 6.What challenges, barriers or difficulties you may have reading encountered in developing literacy/reading skills? https://eleap.unimas.my/mod/feedback/view.php?id=5 and 70099 literacy. Understanding the Reading Process The Reading A complex cognitive process Automatically Process Interdependent between one cognitive skill with another – many cognitive skills involved. Unable us to understand and make meaning from texts. Links cognitive, linguistic, and sociocultural dimensions. More than just decoding of symbols; it is an interaction between the text and the reader's previous knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes. Requires ability to make sense of the texts, connect to our prior knowledge & build new understanding. The reading process As a person becomes Children are taught Understand proficient in reading, letters & sounds – (comprehend) what they are able to decode connect these sounds they read – meaning of & comprehend to make a word K/A/T = the words, phrases, automatically & CAT (decode) sentences, paragraphs interdependently. Then, you will be able to organize & Store information in As you read, you would summarize the content your long-term memory know/can predict what of what you have read – to be used in the words will appear to connect to previous future. (fluency) learnt material or prior knowledge. Component s/Building Blocks of Reading  Language Phonemic Awareness Process Comprehension Recognizing & using Acquiring strategies to independent individual Vocabulary understand, remember & sounds to create words communicate what is read. Phonics Learning the meaning & – inference, evaluate, Understanding the pronunciation of words synthesize Fluency relationship between written letters & spoken Developing the ability to sounds read a text accurately & at an effective pace Higher-Order Decoding Thinking Let’s talk about the challenges, barriers & difficulties in reading. The complexities of reading arise from the interplay between linguistic, cognitive, and socio- cultural factors, which influence Linguistic Factors Language Proficiency how individuals perceive, process, Language Variation and interpret written texts Multilingualism The interplay between linguistic, cognitive, and socio-cultural Cognitive Factors Socio-cultural factors highlights the dynamic Factors Decoding Skills and complex nature of reading. Cultural Background Social Identity Vocabulary Knowledge Background Factors can be both internal & Literacy Practices Knowledge external Reading models Reading models Ways educators instruct and teach reading. Each is based on a belief or philosophy on how children learn to read. 3 main reading model: Top-down Bottom-up Interactive Assessment 1 : Exercise 1 For your first Assessment, you need to compare two Reading models.