Matrix about literacy and literacies based on Kalantzis & Cope's discourse.

1. Literacies and ELT – First Term
Presented by: Juan Esteban López Sossa - Dylan Andrey Gonzalez Soto
Main Objective: To describe the different moments and aspects around literacy or literacies in a historical and conceptual manner.
How to read: The matrix is based on a definition, then, the consideration of various aspects in each moment
Moments Definition Knowledge Means of
communication
Learning Teaching Participants Contributions
Traditional
Literacies
Read and write as
part of human
beings
A privilege of the
elite.
Is constructed by
thirds.
Is limited.
Spoken and
written.
Written was
privileged.
Dynamic spoken
in a first place.
Limited.
Basic Skills.
Professional
purposes.
Teacher-centered.
Capitalism
emphasis.
The students had a
passive role
Memorizing the
information.
According to Whitehurst and Lonigan
(1998) they state that traditional
approaches to studies on reading and
writing take as their starting point the entry
of students into formal education courses.
The First Print automated education.
New Literacies The consideration
of other ways of
communicating,
thanks to
technology.
Knowledge can
be consumed and
produced by
anyone.
Multiple skills.
Multiple
knowledges.
Dynamic.
Evolving.
Are from the
digitalization.
Synesthesia.
Visual.
Spatial.
Gestural.
They collided.
Requires critical
thinking.
Represent
student’s needs.
Technological
tools.
NL are disregarded.
Use of
multimodalities.
Critical awareness.
Daily encounter.
People can develop
their skills through
Multimodalities.
Multimodality.
Any people can represent knowledges in a
web writing space by combining words,
sounds,images, videos, and data files of
various kinds.
It also develops communicative
competences (Linguistic; Sociolinguistic;
Discursive and Strategic competences).
Globalization:
For Workers
Citizens
Everyday Life
A theorical view
of three ideas
during important
historical events.
First Languages.
Starting to Write
Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy:
Knowledge is the
new economy.
Is available
anywhere.
Is reproducible.
Requires
reflective thought.
Workers:
Is volatile and
conflicting.
Multiple skills
required.
Citizens:
Negotiated
meaning.
Different realities.
Everyday Life:
Is manufactured.
Digital Literacy:
Visual language
as the most
predominant.
Complex.
Means are mixed.
Workers:
Multiple
Channels.
Capable of
participating.
Are diverse.
Citizens:
Were
standardized.
Were only from
an elite.
Everyday Life:
Digital Literacy:
Anyone can learn.
Meaning is
negotiated.
Workers:
Learn signals and
warnings.
Was homogenized.
Develop critical
thinking.
Solve varied
situations.
Citizens:
Appropriate
standards.
Mediate
differences.
Identity
recognition.
Digital Literacy:
Workers: Partial
knowledge, positive
and negative
reinforcement,
individualized
control of each
student.
Citizens: Teaching
in citizens is based
on a linguistic
standardization.
Everyday Life:
There is a focus on
Mass media and
New Media.
Digital Literacy:
Workers: Workers
needed basic a sets of
literacy skills
Post Fordism: required a
level of literacy suitable
to the service of the
industry
Citizens: need to be able
to mediate difference and
produces inclusion and
respect.
Everyday Life: People
need to be able to deal
with multiple subjective,
Navigate new modes and
modalities.
Some contributions are different modes of
literacy that facilitate learning through:
Media Literacy
Information Literacy
Digital Literacy
Schools, teachers,and students need NEW
curriculum, teaching, and learning.

2. Is not neutral.
It interests the
elite.
Were immense
and dynamic.
Were shorted to
reading and
writing.
Are accessible at
any time.
Everyday Life:
Was informal.
Broadcast media.
Information is
huge.
All users produce texts,
images, sounds, etc.
Tips for English
Language
Teaching (ELT)
- Understanding how the different historical conceptualizations of learning and language have demonstrated a downgrade in human processes and achievements can
compels us to assume a critical and active profile when it comes to defining the educational space to the current students’needs.
- Recognizing what are the challenges for people living in this complex world, assuming multiple responsibilities, and dealing with loads of information is needed to
promote true impact in the students’development.
- By analyzing each one of the new ideas behind the current world and learning, we will be able to understand what needs to be done in order to conceive a more
compelling and plausible idea of education.
Conclusion To sum up, the new idea of literacy and literacies has had a tremendous impact in a variety of fields. The new regard of knowledge and language, as well as society, economy and
culture are important enough to localize the historical transition of conceptualizations around it. New literacies need to be understood if we want to truly interact in today’s world,
and if we want to contribute to human development in a critical and free way.
Bibliography:
Cope, B., & Kalantzis, M. (Eds.). (2000). Multiliteracies: Literacy learning and the design of social futures. Psychology Press.
Dussel, I., & Southwell, M. (2007). La escuela y las nuevas alfabetizaciones. Lenguajes en plural. El Monitor de la educación, 13.
Kalantzis, M., & Cope, B. (2012). New learning: Elements of a science of education. Cambridge University Press.
Rugerio, J. P. y Guevara, Y. (2015). Alfabetización inicial y su desarrollo desde la educación infantil. Revisión del concepto e investigaciones aplicadas. Ocnos, 13, 25-42. doi:
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