Literacy, how is it important to children and young people??
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I am a preschool teacher in Ohio. We focus most of our energies into teaching children beginning literacy concepts at an early age. If children don't know how to read when they begin school, how will they be able to learn any other subjects. This is why children who are behind in reading and writing will often fall behind in other areas even if they are gifted in another area. It is the basis of eveything we do in our lives. Can you imagine what it would be like not knowing how to read? And you must begin to plant the seed at an early age. Even reading to your child is a very big step. They will begin to learn the concepts of print which is one early assessment you can do with young children.
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I agree 100%!!!! Reading builds vocabulary, widens and deepens comprehension, makes the reader get used to proper syntax and grammar and widens our knowledge base. With so much media available nowadays, the importance of reading is grossly underrated.  I hope more people go back to books.
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For younger students, you can use a lot of pictures and words to learn simple phrases and sentences.  You should draw, use your hands and movements to explain words.  Songs and nursery rhymes help children remember words.  Remember to be patient!
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There are many great books these sites may be able to help you.\n\nhttp://www.carolhurst.com/\nThis provides a collection of reviews of books for children, ideas of ways to use them in a classroom, and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes, and professional topics.\n\nhttp://www.literacytrust.org.uk/pubs/readerindex.html\nIn this website you will find suggestions for popular books and how to get students motivated to read.
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I think that it a good idea in theory since it encourages reading by aiming to make all children reading literate by 2014. However, I do think that this puts alot of pressure on the school systems. Some children (even if they receive special education) may not be able to successfully pass the exams for reading since many do not grade on an improvement basis but rather a pass/fail. To have every child reading is noteworthy and admirable but this Act might face a great deal of difficulty in actually being accomplished although I hope that this Act will at least achieve the purpose of helping many more children be able to read. Good question and I hope that my opinion helps.
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Have you see some of the spelling (I mean mis-spelling) of words and the the improper sentence structure here on *Answers?  Do you think this is helping us develop our literacy skills?  \n\nThe only way that I can think of how technology is improving our literacy skills, is we can do instant access to a wide range of reference sources on the Internet.  \n\nOne excellant site is:  www.refdesk.com  \n\nIt makes it easier to look up words, people, subjects, etc. than having to go get the dictionary and try to find the word.  So, being easier than the old way, I would say people are more likely now to look up words, so that would probably increase literacy.
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Problems with literacy affect all areas of the curriculum because we communicate across time and space through written language. Therefore, any information and skills that cannot be taught face-to-face, are given in writing. A child's initial public education provides practice in gaining these information and skills from print, so that as adults we can use written communication effectively. From instructions that come with our electronics, toys, and other daily tools, to work directives in manuals, to research bringing new knowledge to different fields, to laws, everything is communicated through the written word.\n\nSo... if you really are a teacher, you should have access to a special education teacher or two in your school or district who specializes in helping peolpe with print learning difficulties. Most will tell you that a heavy emphasis on phonics (e.g. Orton-Gillingham), vocabulary-building, sight-word recognition, memory building, and listening comprehension will build overall reading comprehension.
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word recognition, reading comprehension, and reading fluency.\n\nword recognition- if a student doesn't recognize a word, they tend to disjoint and separate the text trying to figure out the individual words rather than entire chunks of text.\n\nreading comprehension- Even if a child can read at a fluent rate, they are still considered an inefficient reader if they cannot understand or recall the details of the story they read.\n\nreading fluency- a fluent reader reads quickly and with appropriate phrasing and expression and are able to work with larger units of text. They can also help listeners understand their message. Non-fluent readers read slowly, in a word-by-word fashion that makes it difficult for them or others to understand the intended message.
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It is important you know what is going on in the schools and how your child is learning and if they are smarter than the education they are getting.  Being involved has teachers treating your child better.  Keep informed on all that is going on and volunteer to help.  That way you have the inside track if something is not going correctly.
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literacy-foods\nliteracy-fallowers\nliteracy-osomas\nwe get some of them and the bad guys get some of them
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It is important for the following reasons:\n1)creativity\n2)Innovation\n3)Employment generations\n4)Foundation for economic growth and development\n5) create challenges for young people\n6)makes goods and services to go round etc
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Tips:  It allows for effective communication.  It allows for personal expression.  It leads to the ability for written communication and expression.  Hope this gets you started.  It opens the way to reading.
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Haven't you ever watched someone doing something to learn how it's done? Same principle. Through reading you're not only learning grammar, spelling and sentence structure (by the way it's the easiest way to learn these things) but also how the story, document etc. is developed and told. Plus, you get an idea from as many different writters as your choose to read.
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I think this is a good age to teach children respect and manners.  They have to have this when they start school, so why not start thinking and talking about it now, on a simple level?\n\nHave discussions,(perhaps at Circle Time) and let them have their opinion.  Give everyone who wants to talk, the opportunity. Don't make it compulsory to give an opinion or to talk, as this will create added pressure on the children.  Discuss how they would feel if someone else said that what they had said was wrong, or not right, or horrible, or whatever.  Feelings are very important for young children to learn, as they can very easily, without knowing upset someone.\n\nThe link below will give some good ideas about strategies and ideas.
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Try to start with a story, anecdote, or interesting fact.  Something like "Did you know that people who read books for pleasure are 80% more likely to get good grades in school?"  (Something true though.. I just made that up LOL.)  If you have a funny story about why it's important to read books, that would be even better.  But make sure it's relevant to your main points.  Then say "I would like to talk to you about the importance of reading books."  And move on to your three-points introduction, or whichever format you are using :-)  Good luck!
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You know, since time began the ordinary folk have been kept in ignorance and illiterate. Books burnt, censored and so on.It has been a tool of the ruling classes and religious zealots to let the under classes know as little as possible and to keep them as ignorant as possible.\nIt is of course very important that illiteracy is addressed for everyone. How can there be democracy when there is no access to knowledge.The problem is in the developing world the ordinary people are still subjected to limited knowledge.Illiteracy is a serious tool of power.\nI wonder how it will be when the whole world has equal access to literacy.Please dont tell me that computers have given us access. How many people in Thailand, India, South America and even in the so called developed world have their own pc.
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Because people do not understand the aim of education,,Education in school and uni.s is not only giving information (that is more in schools) , but mainly it teachs the person HOW to get information,,millions of books are there everywhere full of information (plus internet  ...etc), what ment by education is to enable the person to get the information and use it to solve a problem..(of course I am not talking about the basics)