Teen literacy

Teen Literacy
Wesley Matlock

© BKC-IH Moscow Teacher Training Centre 2012

What is literacy?

Literacy has traditionally been
described as the ability to read for
knowledge, write coherently and think
critically about printed material
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy


B is for ‘ball’,
C is for ‘cat’,
and then…?


Ray Charles: ABC Song

Generational Learning Styles
Baby Boomers (1946-1964) Generation X (1965-1982)

• Teacher-led, formal • Still teacher-driven, but
classroom instruction less formal instruction

Generation Y (1978-1994) The Millenials (1995-now)

• More focus on peer • Born into the ‘modern’ world
and ‘active’ learning • Screen oriented learning


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A is for…


Reflect on…

What kinds of things have you read
today?

What topics have you read about
today?


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Reflect on…

The last time I did a lesson
focusing on literacy skills was…
it went (well/badly) because…


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Consider the differences
Kid literacy Teen literacy
• Cognitive development • Plenty of literacy
• Physical dexterity experience in their L1
• Little experience with • More or less mature
literacy developmentally

What do teens
What do YLs read on a daily
read on a daily basis? basis?
When do
they write?


Consider this…

• Why do teens read and write?
• Are these reasons motivating? Why/Why not?
• What kinds of literacy based activities do teens do in
class?
• Gist/detail reading, reading aloud, reading
together (chants, singing, etc.), following along
with the teacher or recording, writing
essays, emails, dialogues, lists, etc.
Let’s try some activities!


L/M I/V C/K
G/U E/S
H/R Alphabet Flip
T/W
P/O
N/D J/Z
Y/X B/F
Q/A

Carroll’s Doublets
Can you turn a ‘Cat’ into a ‘Dog’?
• Cat→Cot→Dot→Dog
Try some more!
• Be sure to ‘Lock’ the ‘Door’
• Put the ‘Milk’ into the ‘Pail’
• Do you ‘Dream’ when you ‘Sleep’?
• People use ‘Wheat’ to make ‘Bread’?

Literacy Activities
1. Find someone who…
2. AZ Flip

• For each, consider:
3. Doublets
4. Folded Stories
5. Mad Libs
6. Shared Stories • Are they effective?
7. Online ideas
1. Literal Videos • Appropriate ages?
2. Blogging
3. Dubbing Levels?
• Ways to adapt?
• How can you extend
them?

21st Century Learning Skills


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Language-based literacy
print, texting, hyper-
linking, multimodal
Information-based literacy
searching, tagging, filtering, critical
thinking
Connection-based
literacy
personal, network, cultural
Remix literacy

Take on me: Literal Video

So, what’s changing?

• The role of the teacher
• Information exchange
• Homework
• Learner Autonomy
• The concept of learning

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Main language teaching modes

Drip, drip, drip Immersion

Meet a couple times a week and
get knowledge from a teacher Send students overseas, enroll in
intensive schools/programs


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Today’s classroom teachers
need to be prepared to provide
technology-supported learning
opportunities for their students.

Being prepared to use technology and
knowing how that technology can support
student learning have become integral skills
in every teacher’s professional repertoire.

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001562/156207e.pdf
For example…

So, what are the challenges?
• Lack of training
• School enforcing with no clear policy
• The haves and the have nots
• The role of testing and assessment
• E-safety
• Digital literacy
• The copy and paste approach
• Worrying about the tool

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