Changing the Language: Using Social Media and Popular Culture to Teach Traditional Literacy Skills

Autor/in	Childs, Kamshia
Titel	Changing the Language: Using Social Media and Popular Culture to Teach Traditional Literacy Skills
Quelle	In: Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook, 5 (2018), S.72-76 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2374-0590
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Popular Culture; Literacy Education; Teaching Methods; Language Usage; Learning Motivation; Student Interests; Reading Interests; Technology Integration; Learner Engagement; Elementary School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Popkultur; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sprachgebrauch; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Studieninteresse; Leseinteresse
Abstract	Many of today's students are left disengaged by the direction of their literacy journey once they reach the middle grades, or at times, before they ever leave elementary school. The once enjoyable process of becoming literate becomes a past memory. Students are expected to take their literacy journey into an academic world that often lacks ways of showing them how to translate the skills they learned in the past to extend their knowledge. Although students often understand and use concepts they were taught, it is the selection of the language and the way teachers approach instruction that often causes a disconnect. By changing the language, teachers can address academic slumps beginning as early as 3rd and 4th grade and cultivate stronger student interest in reading and literacy. This purpose of this paper was to describe ways teachers may change the language with a deeper integration of technology. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Texas Association for Literacy Education. PO Box 451761, Houston, TX 77245. e-mail: taleyearbook@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.texasreaders.org/yearbooks.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01