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    The document defines literacy as the ability to read and write, derived from the Latin term "litteratus" meaning a learned or educated person. It identifies three sub-categories of literacy: basic literacy involving decoding written text, comprehension literacy as understanding what is read, and functional literacy applying reading skills to everyday tasks. The document also discusses expanded views of literacy as involving communication, knowledge, and skills in various contexts, as well as new literacies that have emerged in the 21st century such as digital, social, and media literacies.

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    The document defines literacy as the ability to read and write, derived from the Latin term "litteratus" meaning a learned or educated person. It identifies three sub-categories of literacy: basic literacy involving decoding written text, comprehension literacy as understanding what is read, and functional literacy applying reading skills to everyday tasks. The document also discusses expanded views of literacy as involving communication, knowledge, and skills in various contexts, as well as new literacies that have emerged in the 21st century such as digital, social, and media literacies.

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    The document defines literacy as the ability to read and write, derived from the Latin term "litteratus" meaning a learned or educated person. It identifies three sub-categories of literacy: basic literacy involving decoding written text, comprehension literacy as understanding what is read, and functional literacy applying reading skills to everyday tasks. The document also discusses expanded views of literacy as involving communication, knowledge, and skills in various contexts, as well as new literacies that have emerged in the 21st century such as digital, social, and media literacies.

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    ➢ State of being able to read and write

    (dictionary meaning)

    ➢ Comes from the word “literate”

    ➢ Derived from the Latin word “litteratus”- “a person


    marked with letters”, “distinguished or identified by
    letters”- such a person was cultured and educated
    3 SUB- CATEGORIES

    1. Basic Literacy
    ➢ The ability to correspond visual shapes to spoken sounds in
    order to decode written materials and translate them into oral
    language
    Example:
    s-
    b- basa
    a- a
    3 SUB- CATEGORIES

    2. Comprehension Literacy

    ➢ The ability to understand the meaning of what is being read

    Example: to read
    basa
    to be wet
    3 SUB- CATEGORIES

    3. Functional or Practical Literacy

    ➢ The ability to read (i.e. decode and comprehend) written


    materials needed to perform everyday vocational tasks

    Example:

    “Ang bata ay nagbabasa.”


    EXPANDED VIEWS

    ➢ The ability to identify, understand, interpret, create,


    communicate, and compute, using printed and written
    materials, associated with varying contexts
    ➢ Involves a continuum of learning in enabling individuals to
    achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge and potential,
    and to participate fully in their community and wider society

    UNESCO, 2004

    ➢ “knowing about something and what to do with it


    EXPANDED VIEWS

    ➢ A form of knowledge, competence, and skills in a


    particular field or area

    Mkandawire, 2018

    ➢ Literacy is equated with knowledge


    EXPANDED VIEWS

    “reading
    and knowledge
    writing”
    IN THE 21ST
    CENTURY

    3 things critical in the rise of the new literacies

    1. Increased Reach

    2. Increased Means of Communication

    3. Increased Breadth of Content


    NEW LITERACIES

    1. Globalization and Multicultural Literacy


    NEW LITERACIES

    2. Social Literacy
    NEW LITERACIES

    3. Media Literacy
    NEW LITERACIES

    4. Digital Literacy
    NEW LITERACIES

    5. Financial Literacy
    NEW LITERACIES

    6. Ecological Literacy
    NEW LITERACIES

    7. Arts and Creativity Literacy

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