📝 GNS101

21ST CENTURY LITERACY SKILLS

 There are 4 language skills: 
1. Listening
2. Speaking
3.Reading
4. Writing.

 *The four skills are related to each other by two parameters:* 

(a). the mode of communication: oral or written

 
(b) the direction of communication: receiving or producing the 
message
 
*PRODUCTIVE SKILLS* 
The productive skills are 
1. SPEAKING
2. WRITING

Learners doing these need to produce language. 

These skills are contrasted with the *receptive skills* of listening and reading.
 
 *RECEPTIVE SKILLS* 
The receptive skills are 
1. LISTENING
2. READING

Learners do not need to produce language to do these: they receive and understand it. 

They can be contrasted with the productive of speaking and writing. 
These skills are sometimes erroneously described as 
 *passive skills,* as if they require no activity. 
Note that all skills require some activity.
 
1. *LITERACY* 
 *Literacy* is the ability to make and communicate meaning from and by the use of a variety of socially contextual symbols. 
Within various levels of developmental ability, a literate person can derive and convey meaning, and use their knowledge to 
achieve a desired purpose or goal that requires the use of language skills, be they spoken or written. 

 *Literacy* is " *not in isolated bits of knowledge* but in students' growing ability to use language and literacy in more and broader activities" (Moll, 1994). 📌
The definition of literacy is dynamic, evolving, and reflects the continual 
changes in our society.
 
 2. *NUMERACY* 
 *Numeracy* involve using mathematical ideas efficiently to make sense of the world. 
While it necessarily involves understanding some mathematical ideas, notations and techniques, it also involves drawing on knowledge of particular contexts and circumstances in deciding when to use mathematics, choosing the mathematics to use and critically 
evaluating its use. 

 *A numerate person* should understand some of the ways 
mathematics can be used for communication, and this required the possession of two attributes: 

(i). Being 'at-ease' with all those aspects of mathematics that enable a person to cope with the practical demands of everyday life 

(ii). Being able to understand information presented in mathematical terms
 
 21ST CENTURY LITERACY INVOLVES:
1. *Basic literacy* 
2. *Numeracy* 
3. *Digital/e-literacy* 
4. *Critical literacy*
 
 *DESIRABLE DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS* 

1. Creation/management of digital identities 
2. Netiquette
3. Using emails in an academic environment 
4. Using online resources 
5. Identification and evaluation of digital resources 
6. Downloading, saving and sharing files 
7. Uploading assignments
 
 3. *DIGITAL/ E-LITERACY*
The ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create information. 
 The ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers. 
The ability to read and interpret media, to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital 
environments

A person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment...
 
 *NETIQUETTE/ INTERNET ETIQUETTE* 
The internet is the display of data in various formats on a monitor transmitted through cables and radio frequencies. *Internet etiquette or netiquette* is the social code of the internet, the set of practices created over the years to make the Internet
experience pleasant for everyone. 

 Like other forms of etiquette, netiquette is primarily concerned with matters of courtesy in communications on social media, whether it be by email, on forums, 
group chats or other social media interactions.
 
4. *CRITICAL LITERACY* 
The ability to read texts in an active, reflective, and questioning manner in order to better understand power, inequality and injustice in human relations (www.learnnc.org)

The practice of challenging texts through an analysis of the roles that power, culture, class and gender play in the message of the texts. 
While reading a text critically, a reader assumes four roles;
 *Code breaker* : understanding the text at the surface level 
 *Meaning maker* : comprehending the text at the level intended by the author 
 *Text user:* analysing the factors that influenced the author and the text; and 
 *Text critic:* understanding that the text is not neutral, and that existing biases informs calls to action.
 
 *PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPS* 

The online platforms are extensions of our classrooms.
Online behaviour should be as close as possible to behaviour in face to face interactions in classrooms. 
There will be consequences for misusing the online forums 
You may be de-registered and be unable to further participate in 
online classrooms. 
You may lose marks for being a digital illiterate or not being able to 
use social media for study purposes.

 *Written by:-* Ms. Olabiyi O. Peter

 *Explained by:-* Ms. Oyedele Daniel

✍️ *FLASHPEE EDUCATIONAL TEAM*