- Aug 2021
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By failing to give reading its due, we are blocking students’ access to avenues of inquiry that would support their growth as readers, writers, and thinkers. In an era characterized by chang-ing workplace literacies and the birth of new genres inspired by Web 2.0 technologies (such as wikis, blogs, and social networking sites), a flexible rhetorical education is more necessary than ever.
This is very accurate to reality. In this technological age reading is becoming more and more important. Social cues for things like sarcasm being displayed through tone cannot be fully translated in text form. One must rely on their reading comprehension to understand one's intent as to not misunderstand what’s being said.
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It helps students draw from prior knowledge and transfer their skills in the future.
The process of recollecting prior knowledge learned in life is entirely based on your understanding of said knowledge. I can understand how exactly this hinges on the unique understanding of the individual. In the end one has to make it tailor made to themselves in order to fully and appropriately understand it all.
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Acknowledge their reading difficulties and guide students in assessing their own reading struggles
This bullet point really stands out to me. In elementary school I had a reading teacher who really stressed to my classmates that it was ok to mess up, to not understand what we were reading the first time. She stressed the process of rereading in case of any misunderstandings. I believe that laid an incredibly positive framework for my reading process.
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