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EML 433 Lecture 13
Text Analyst In the Classroom
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the three types of literacy. | Cultural literacy, critical literacy and digital literacy. |
| In what ways does critical literacy impart life skills? (4) | Knowledge of lnge & how it works, appreciation of the text variety, awareness of reader positioning, perception of textual values & beliefs |
| What are the four practices of a literacy learner? | Code breaker, meaning maker, text user, text analyst. |
| How does critical literacy relate to the skills of a Code breaker | A knowledge of language and how it works. |
| How does critical literacy relate to the skills of a Meaning maker | Appreciation of the variety of contexts for text. |
| How does critical literacy relate to the skills of a Text user | Awareness of the purpose and form of text. |
| How does critical literacy relate to the skills of a Text analyst | Perception of the values and beliefs imbedded in the text. |
| What are the two conflicting views of literacy approaches? | Educational traditionalists and the sociocultural approach. |
| What does an educational traditionalist believe? | That a classroom is a place to learn to read and write. Teacher control, restriction of debate. |
| What does a sociocultural approach seek to do? | Readers consider what the text wants them to do, think or believe. Students learn to evaluate, question and discuss. |
| How does critical literacy relate to visual literacies in curriculum? | Graphic design, symbols and images. |
| How does critical literacy relate to digital literacies in curriculum? | ICT, multimodal texts, SMS. |
| How does critical literacy relate to cultural literacies in curriculum? | ESL, observances and practices. |
| In what ways do digital media (DM) have the potential to shift the terms of the literacy debate? | DM requires discipline & practice, IQ rises, develops problem solving processes, 'toolbox of 21st century'. education revolution in teaching. |
| What are the essential skills of literacy? | Locating, comprehending, using, critiquing, creating in context. |
| What are the essential visual literacy skills of the online environment? (4) | Navigating, accessing, scanning and detecting. |
| Hypertext environments have... | Non-linear pathways. |
| What are the pedagogy requirements of digital literacy? (2) | Learning, learning through, learning about. The explicit teaching of texts and processes. |
| What are the curriculum requirements of digital literacy? (2) | Development of metalanguage, establishment of strategic partnerships (community, professions, specialist teachers) |
| Why do project work and traditional research methods need to be reconceptualised? (2) | Deep engagement with the content area is possible. Students need to work with a range of tools and resources to find the best methods. |
| Using new texts and technologies in the classroom does not involve simply the ............ of a literacy practice into a new environment . | Transference. |
| What is the best way to integrate technology into literacy practice? (2) | Through planning and thoughtful consideration. |
| What are some features of postmodern picture books? (4) | Opposition of print and pictures, allow readers to fill in gaps, position reader ideology, highlight the constructedness of text. |
| Intertextuality | The production of meaning from the interrelationships between audience, text & other texts and the socio cultural determinants of sig. |
| No text exists in ........ from other texts. | Isolation. |
| Metafiction | Fiction writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artefact in order to question the relationship of fiction and reality. |
| Visual images and text that are set in opposition or ironic relationship to one another are an example of ....? | Intertextuality. |
| How can intertextuality be harnessed? | When the reader/viewer is called to active participation in breaking the codes of language and visuals to synthesise new meanings. |