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As children are spending more and more time watching TV, playing video games, and using the internet, where will reading fall when we become teachers.  Will a switch to media use be necessary in the classroom?  What kind of reading … Continue reading →

Delpits recounts a exchange between a student and a teacher while a student is reading.  The teacher consistently corrects any dialect-related mistakes the child makes. Delpit notes, “The lesson continues in such a fashion, the teacher proceeding to correct the student’s … Continue reading →

Thinking about Rose’s upbringing with immigrant parents made me think a lot about my own childhood. Growing up with a Finnish mother, I’m sure my experiences with literacy were far different than people who grew up with solely English-speaking parents. … Continue reading →

Literacy is the ability to use a language by means of comprehending its written and spoken word.