HanibalII
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If the word is being used in that why, then my approval or disapproval is irrelevant.
I am concerned with the discussion in this thread. You started by asking our opinion of. "'Language is the social underpin of our society, responsible for every action that takes place."
It became apparent that you were using 'language' in a rather broader sense than most of us do. When asked about this, you wrote, "More so literacy practices. More or less, being 'literate in the 21st century'." When I asked you about 'literacy practices', you wrote, "We're taught that language is used for everything, and literacy practices is the 'pattern of activity around literacy'. For example, reading a book that follows a specific set of practices. IE top to bottom, left to right. Most basic." That sounds to me like reading and writing. That was just the most basic example I came up with. I never meant to give the impression that it was restricted to that.
Three posts later, you wrote, "Literacy encompasses reading/writing/listening/comprehending/representing etc. Not just in written word. This is specifically why I mentioned the 21st century. She may construe you sitting down to be a sign? (literacy) and bring you a cold beverage because of that."
You are using words without defining the special ways in which you are using them, and then changing the definition as you go along. If you have this sort of question in the future, please define your terms before we start.
Sorry, I just assumed teachers/professionals in this area would know this.
Since I've been at uni, we've been taught that specific definition of literacy, and that definition is what the new Australian Curriculum was based on. They've tagged the old definition of literacy (reading and writing) as archaic. Specifically updating it to 21st century standards.
This is the best online resource I've found. The NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies
Otherwise, my textbook, Literacy and Education, by Kate Pahl and Jennifer Rowsell. (Honestly a god awful textbook but what we were given none the less.)
It's an enormous expansion of literacy.