Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Most Important Part of Literacy
I feel that it is hard to pick one single aspect of literacy as the most important. All five aspects invoke different sorts of thoughts, feelings, and emotions within us in different ways. One person may be a very good speaker and a very poor reader but yet he or she still has the ability to succeed in life. You could even flip it around having a person with very good reading abilities and very poor speaking abilities. Again, the person would still have the ability to succeed in life. I think that a well rounded person can counter his weaknesses with his or her strengths and that really is what is most important, the ability to really balance out all of the aspects such as reading, writing, viewing, listening, and speaking. Each of us has a different balance and that is why we are able to learn in our own unique ways.
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I really think you said it best. I completely agree with what you are saying.
True -- I think that being able to compensate for some areas with strengths in others is a key part of being literate. I would also argue, though, that being able to realize where you need help is important too. Literacy is developmental -- it continues to change and improve over your entire life span, but only if you continue to be aware of strengths and weaknesses and work to improve them.
I definitely agree with this. I have a friend who wasn't diagnosed with a learning diasbility until he was 24 and had tremendous difficulty reading and writing but somehow made it through high school and some of college and is now in his career in law enforcement and I consider him very successful. He may not have the ability to read and write well but can still communicate effectively and has great language and speaking skills.
jmsurf, no doubt. i can relate to what you are saying. with the different aspects/areas of literacy, everyone has created their own "mixture" in order for them to succeed i guess. they usually didn't plan it that way, but that was just how their literacy evolved. however, i also agree with Dr. Dana. people have to/should realize their strengths and weaknesses of literacy to work on them, in order to benefit themselves in life.
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