literacy | Tag | Conversational Leadership

Wikipedia Entry: literacy

Literacy is the ability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was understood solely as alphabetical literacy (word and letter recognition); and the period after 1950, when literacy slowly began to be considered as a wider concept and process, including the social and cultural aspects of reading and writing and functional literacy.

Credit: Wikipedia - literacy

Related Tags: oracy (21)

Twitter: #literacy
LindedIn: #literacy
Google: literacy

A tag is a type of metadata keyword or label that makes finding information in this blook on a specific subject easier. All posts in this blook tagged with the word literacy are listed below. You will find a list of all tags in the tag cloud and a shorter list of tags with their descriptions in the glossary

Orality ** The practice of transmitting knowledge, culture, and traditions through spoken language

Why Face-to-face Interaction Matters ** Friends with Cognitive Benefits Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Before the widespread use of writing, oral communication was the primary method of sharing knowledge and culture in society. This oral tradition is called orality. Orality refers to the quality or characteristic of being oral or spoken rather than … Continue reading Orality ** The practice of transmitting knowledge, culture, and traditions through spoken language

Oracy The ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language

Become a Conversation Architect Rhetoric Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter In education, considerable emphasis is placed on numeracy and literacy — understanding and working with numbers and reading and writing. But what about the capacity to listen and to speak? Why is so little importance attached to oracy? Is the ability to hold … Continue reading Oracy The ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language