Reflection Essay: The Intricate Journey Of Literacy

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The Intricate Journey of Literacy

Literacy is a very intriguing topic; it seems simple yet it is so vast and complex that it takes some people their whole lives to understand it. If I say the phrase ‘Discourse Community’ most people in a random selection from the population would just stare at me waiting for me to finish my sentence, as they would not understand the gravity of the phrase. A discourse community is a group with similar interests that uses communication and other devices together to expand their knowledge of a subject and accomplish goals. Readers from a young age do not understand the fact that they are contributing to their community before they even know of its existence. By communicating to their teacher that they are having issues with a certain area and that this type of learning helped them to understand it, their teacher can then reiterate to the community what the issue was and how it was resolved so that …show more content…

People learn in a multitude of different ways and at a large variety of paces. Because at a young age everyone is just starting to figure out what style of learning works best for them and also at what pace they learn best, and not everyone is going to be the same. Some people are going to be way ahead of others while others are going to be a few steps behind, and those who are a few steps behind are sometimes seen as incompetent when that isn’t the issue. The issue is that their learning style and pace are different than those in the class and that they need more time to be able to learn what they’re being taught but the teacher has twenty some other students to teach and does not have the time to wait. Each and every persons learning style is as unique as they are and everyone needs to understand

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