What is CL?
Critical Literacy (CL) is an educational perspective that focuses on the relationship between languages and social, historical, economic and political contexts. It is an approach that has its roots in social sciences, philosophy, linguistics and literary criticism. It sees language as a cultural construct and proposes the analysis of the relationships among texts, language, knowledge and society. It leads us to question texts written, visual or oral -to assess the assumptions, values and beliefs that make texts be written in a given way and also to question our readings of the texts and the world.
Please note that the Critical Literacy newsletter issues I & II, FAQs and other documents are available for you to download. Just click in the files below in attachments.
Enjoy!
Ivone Dezaneti
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Booklet_CL FAQs.pdf | 4.76 MB |
| Views & Reviews_Issue 1.pdf | 2.44 MB |
| Views & Reviews_Issue 2.pdf | 1.67 MB |
| Materials_National Cultural Representations.pdf | 676.61 KB |
| ProT event 2010.pdf | 78.97 KB |
| Materials_Tall Tales of Today.pdf | 107.76 KB |
| Booklet_A Brief Introduction to CL_ 2006edition.pdf | 5.42 MB |
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I'm glad to see the CL publications uploaded here at Teaching English. Our idea of further exploring the concept of critical literacy and adapting it to the ELT contexts in Latin America started in 2006, as a follow up project to the Brazil Hornby Summer School, and until today there is a group of ELT teachers in Brazil, Peru and Argentina that are reading and discussing its theorectical underpinnings and its practices.
We strongly believe that any theoretical concept applied to education must be connected to practice and that practitoners are as well positioned as academics to reflect and decide on how to apply critical literacy in the classroom. That is why the documents published here are 'working documents' - they are open to discussion and critique. This is also why the articles in the Newsletter come from a wide variety on backgrounds and a range of critical perspectives.
We are now starting the submission process for the next edition of Views & Reviews. Watch this space for further information.
Cheers - Chris
Thanks a lot to Nella for developing this material and sharing it with us.
You are free to download the file (see pdf in the previous post) and use it with your students or in your teacher training sessions. If you do use it, we would be delighted if you let us have your comments on how the session went and also your suggestions for improvement.
Cheers - Chris
Hi Chris and All,
I have uploaded a brief report by Nella about the Pro.T (Professional Development Conference for English Teachers) in Argentina, 21st century literacies: new paths to new destinations.
Enjoy,
Ivone
Thank you Ivonne and Chris!!
Hi Everyone,
I am happy to see our community with a new face. It felt good revising the materials after some time. Hope to see you all at the Braz-TESOL in São Paulo.
Hi Jose
Thank you and Inez for creating this and sharing the files with us. Have a great event in Sao Paulo and keep in touch here at Teaching English :)
Cheers - Chris
Hi friends
It's taken me a while to ind my way here, but I won't get lost again!
Hopeing to see you all at the BRAZ-TESOL rit Lit Pre Convention Institute, in Sao Paulo on July 19th
Here's the programme:
1. What is Critical Literacy: a discussion chaired by Sara Walker
2. Critical Literacy around South America: a report on activities in Peru, Chile, Colomoba and Argentina by Nella de la Fuente [Peru]
3. Hands on: sharing experience: CL, ESP and Broadway Lyrics: A Harmonious Combination by Thelma de Oliveira [UNICAMP]
4. Roundup and forward planning [chaired by Sara Walker ]
For more on the XII Braz-tesol national Convention, go to
http://www.braztesol.org.br/convencao/