EduLog

Literacy is traditionally defined as the ability to read and write. With this definition in mind, read the following statement and answer the two questions that follows: Statement: A mayber was railing his temp. Sintly a durf accotted some padis in the mayber’s temp. Q1: what did the durf accot in the mayber’s temp? Q2: Why did the durf accot padis in the mayber’s temp?   You might have answered Q1 as “the durf accotted padis in the mayber’s temp” which is correct. But to answer Q2 is tricky. It is an analysis question which requires a level of understanding to answer why. The statement is just a made up one which can be used as an example of being literate but can’t be used to answer higher level of thinking and understanding. So instead of being literate (ability to read and write) we need literacy (the ability to gain knowledge and use higher order thinking) in today’s modern world. In today’s world literacy is more than just the ability to read and write. Some scholar