Brochure Print the Brochure S tep 1: Identify Your A udience First‚ identify the audience for your brochure. Do you want to reach the public‚ healthcare professionals‚ potential funders‚ or others? Be sure that your messages reflect the age‚ literacy skills‚ and the social and cultural diversity of your intended audience. Tip: • Remember‚ many healthcare professionals know as little as about specific genetic disease as the lay public. S tep 2: Consider Y our Audience’s R eading Level
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large-scale project undertaken by Joan Rothery (1996‚ cited in Derewianka‚ B & Jones‚ P 2012‚ p44) with children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds in urban Sydney resulted in the development of a pedagogical model of how to effectively teach literacy in a learning environment. This model is now known as the teaching and learning cycle. The model originally had an emphasis on teaching young students how to write but has changed and adapted over time with greater understanding about pedagogy and
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Reading Response “Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics” by James Paul Gee Summary: In “Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics‚” James Paul Gee attempts to explain “a way of talking about literacy” and “literacy studies.” He describes how a Discourse is not the same as discourse‚ details the different types of Discourses‚ and introduces several new terms to strengthen his argument. Gee’s overall claims‚ in his own words‚ is “the focus of literacy studies or applied linguistics should not be language
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paragraph (3-4 sentences) that explains these course concepts: a. Literacy: Before this class I simply thought that literacy was the ability a person has to read and write‚ however‚ now I know that there is more to literacy. I was able to better understand the meaning of literacy from the articles that we read in class. For example‚ Ivanic explains that literacy is obtained from our own experiences and beliefs‚ Gee shows that literacy is influenced by our social context‚ Flower teaches that literate
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milestone that is recognized cross-culturally. Its social importance is shown in the fact that in school; literacy makes up 2/3 of the three "R’s". (Savage 15) When becoming literate the most important thing a child can learn is that they can in fact learn in the way their school wants them to. They can be part of the school society and feel like they fit in with their friends who use literacy to communicate and play. "The bond between the teacher and the taught is strengthened; exploration‚ discovery
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will address funding for these types of programs‚ implementation programs that help to solve literacy issues that affect L.A.U.S.D. students‚ and also the expected outcomes. The funding for these programs will come from $550 million provided by the state of California and $140 million received from federal funds. This means my school could potentially benefit from a state and federal grant to start a literacy enrichment program. An additional source of funding is reliant on economic-stimulus money
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important to recognize yourself as a writer before beginning to project yourself to an audience. As evident by the papers read recently in class and every English 101 course you hear about‚ the literacy narrative serves as any writer’s introductory assignment‚ and it is rightfully so. The project is to analyze how literacy has been shaped by exploring reading‚ writing‚ and spelling struggles or triumphs from your past. Famous authors may use this to help their audience get to know them‚ but college students
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POWERFUL KNOWLEDGE IN THE CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE Rick Instrell This is an expanded version of a paper delivered at the United Kingdom Literacy Association conference at the University of Chester on 15 July 2011. Abstract The Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) is the current Scottish curricular initiative for 3-18 year-olds. Although most educationists agree with its progressive goals‚ its documents have been criticised as being vague‚ anti-intellectual and ignorant of subject disciplines
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anymore. They are a fact of life that companies cannot live without and even individuals like us. It is a common thread that ties together our education‚ work‚ and home life. Thus‚ computer literacy becomes significant‚ with computers touching nearly every facet of our lives. But why is it that computer literacy is very crucial? Why do we need to spend time and energy studying books‚ enrolling to computer crash course‚ and becoming "computer literate?" Technically‚ to be "literate" means to have
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the framework of lifelong learning for all Batswana. Whilst we may not have achieved all the goals that we aimed to record‚ we note with appreciation that we have achieved some successes worth noting. Some of these achievements include a national literacy rate of 81%‚ re-orientation of our curriculum to improve the standard of adult learning and education‚ provision of opportunities for learners to acquire work related skills as well as promote greater participation in adult learning
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