We would appreciate your support with our inquiry into the alphabet - its sounds and symbols.
Therefore, we are encouraging the students to bring copies of alphabets or other print code systems to share and discuss in class. The objective is to access the students prior knowledge about print. Also to observe how print is used in different contexts and languages.
During my recent studies, I became conversant with the term ‘literacies’ when described as ‘multiliteracies.’ Research by Cope and Kalantis (2012), describes there are two literacies, multimodal (words presented in different ways) and multiliteracy (more than one literacy in different context, e.g., teachers and Doctors speak and write in different ways for different purposes).
As today’s technologies and sources of information continue to expand via uncountable sources of media, it is imperative that children understand the why, what, and how of literacies.
Exploring the 'Why' of literacies helps learners to understand the purpose of communication, for example for work, play, and community life. Exploring the 'What' supports understanding the multimodal designs for making meaning. For example, linguistic, audio, visual, gestural, and spatial. Exploring the 'How' supports children's' understanding of how they think and they learn.
Thank you in advance for your continued support.
Source: Kalantzis, M., & Cope, B. (2012). Literacies. Port Melbourne, Vic.: Cambridge University Press.
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