Master deck Flashcards
What is literacy?
A collection of learned behaviours and social practices that underpin how we judge the ability of ourselves and others to perform any task involving reading and writing, and yet that often remain a largely unrecognized element of the task.
Can you put ‘literacy’ in your own words?
Literacy is a collection of skills (hard and soft, measurable and immeasurable) associated with the ability to read or write within a social or cultural context.
What are some of the types of literacy?
Mathematical, consumer, financial, media, music, environmental, cultural, digital.
What is EAP?
English for Academic Purposes
What is ESL vs EAL?
English as a second language vs. English as an additional language.
What is ESP?
English for Specific Purposes
How old is the earliest writing?
From 3200 BC, the Kish Tablet in Sumeria.
What are some potential influences on literacy levels?
Gender, ethnicity, socioeconomics, home language background, and workplace or professional background.
What was one of the most influential literacy studies?
International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)
What were the main results of the IALS study?
- A strong correlation between literacy and occupation level and stability.
- Literacy began to be seen on a spectrum.
- Literacy was divided into levels 1-5.
What are two of the cognitive approaches to mapping literacy?
Mapping eye movement and autonomous approach
What are the differences between ideological approach vs. autonomous approach?
The autonomous approach is imposes western conceptions of literacy on to other cultures or within a country those of one class or cultural group onto others. The alternative, ideological model of literacy, offers a more culturally sensitive view of literacy practices as they vary from one context to another.
What is the CTESL?
The CTESL program prepares you to teach English as a second language (TESL) for adult learners.
What is the only officially bilingual province?
New Brunswick
What are some of the unofficial minority languages are spoken in Canada?
Punjabi, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Italian, German, Arabic, Tagalog, and Dutch.
Which provinces have legislation that recognizes and protects Indigenous languages?
Nunavut, NWT, and Yukon
When was the Official Languages Act enacted?
1969, updated in 1988
What is language policy and planning?
Deliberate attempt to create policies that influence the behaviour of others with respect to language use
What are some focuses of language planning?
Language as a problem, language as a right, and language as a resource
What is the difference between language planning and language policy?
Language policy means the legal measures intended to regulate language use.
Language planning is the implementation of these policies: goals, strategies, evaluating progress, and outcomes.
