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Eric Morrison
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Motivating people with low literacy to embrace reading/writing.
October 22, 2009 - 07:43 PM
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I am a teacher of reading at a large community college in Tucson, Arizona. I'm interested in people's ideas about helping low literacy individuals embrace literacy, and to motivate them.
I think, in general, I'm looked upon as being fairly strong in motivating students to learn and embrace literacy. But it is always a challenge. Most students with low literacy also tend to be from minority and poorer backgrounds who need the 'power' of literacy the most to achieve equality, but are often the most resistant through a variety of behavioral patterns and attitudes.
Ray Bradbury, the author of the famous "Farenheit 451," has said, "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
It seems a variety of forces in the U.S. are coming together to accomplish just that, perhaps with the outcome of destroying both opportunity and culture. Various studies show reading declines in youth that are pretty substantial.
What thoughts do you all have?
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Re: Motivating people with low literacy to embrace reading/writing.
December 13, 2009 - 10:00 PM
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Hi. It's me a guy in your class. Good question. I don't know how to reply your concerning comment.
When I was 10th grade my reading level hits 6th grade. I spent first semester at community college in Orlando, Florida, then transferred to a seminary in North Carolina for next three semesters. I did not well in many classes. As the result I dropped out college and started working career.
I became interested more in reading after real world experience influence on me. Business books, mostly,changed my way of thinking on how life does work in real world. As you wrote, "are often the most resistant through a variety of behavioral patterns and attitudes." I agreed with a statment but to improve an condition/situation depends on every individual's attitude. That what happened to me. I searched something different outside "circle" after fed up with so-called advice or old way of thinking. That kind of "different" that I found through books. My reading skill is better than five years ago. Of course, I always expand an reading skills.
I hope you can find some helpful tips here.
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Re: Motivating people with low literacy to embrace reading/writing.
December 13, 2009 - 10:04 PM
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One more issue. As Robert T. Kioysaki, a Rich Dad author, stated "You can't understand or see new world with eyes. You have to see it with mind." If they want to improve an reading skills then will have to explore a lesson with mind instead "eye".
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