Literacy is the ability to read/write within one’s language and to fully understand every aspect of said language.
Literacy means the ability to decode written or verbal words for meaning as well as to express one’s self through written or verbal word.
Literacy is the ability to both understand and produce language through the acts of reading and writing.
Literacy is knowing language and being able to apply it in the world through writing, reading, and communicating.
Literacy is a standard of fluency for most–if not all–forms of communication.
Literacy is the ability to understand a language enough to comprehend written work, through reading, and also to express oneself through writing.
Literacy is the bare amount of knowledge an individual must possess in a given field, whether it be language, technology, science, etc., in order to participate actively (as opposed to passively, e.g., listening without understanding) in said field.
Literacy is the process of comprehending and expressing not only written literature but verbal communication as well.
Welcome to the course website. Throughout the semester, you will be posting questions here about the readings and issues in the course. You will also be responding to your peers’ questions here. Start out by registering for the blog.
After you’ve registered, write a one-sentence definition of literacy in a blog post. Then write a response to your own post explaining why you chose this sentence as your definition of literacy (4-6 sentences or so). Questions to consider: What did you include? What did you leave out? What pleases or displeases you about your choices in your definition?
Print out your post and your response and bring it to class on Weds so that we can discuss them.