- Brandt’s opening paragraph sketches a history of printmaking. At the end of the paragraph, she uses the term “literacy sponsorship.” Describe the reason Brandt sees printmaking as a site for literacy development. In addition, explain why Brandt finds a paradox in the rise of the penny press. The information you need is confined to the first paragraph of her article.
Brandt sees printmaking as a good value of literacy because when you put your writing on paper, it is easier to develop your literacy. She ended up finding a Paradox that helped make printing easier to and more convent to people. When words are on paper, it is easier for people to learn and remember.
- Brandt defines literacy sponsors as “any agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who enable, support, teach, model, as well as recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy – and gain advantage by it in some way” (556). This is a complicated or multidimensional understanding of the concept. Using examples from Brandt, Gee, or your own literacy narrative (written in ENG 122 and published in Rising Cairn), describe how sponsors can do at least two of these things. Be sure to explain why the evidence from your examples shows that sponsors do what you think your examples show.
Gee is a literacy sponsor because his thoughts about Discourse helps people understand the importance of literacy. He is also very creative in teaching new ways of learning different techniques about literacy. These new techniques help people understand what literacy is all about. Everyone has there own learning style.
- “Literacy, like land, is a valued commodity in this economy, a key resource in gaining profit and edge” (Brandt 558). If literacy is so valued, why might so many people have such complicated relationships to reading and writing, perhaps two of the most important features of literacy?
There are many type of literacy. Everyone comes from different backgrounds. Not everyone has a school in their backyard. Everyone learns literacy differently, whether it be from teachers, friends or on their own.
- “Throughout their lives, affluent people from high-caste racial groups have multiple and redundant contacts with powerful literacy sponsors as a routine part of their economic and political privileges. Poor people and those from low-caste racial groups have less consistent, less politically secured access to literacy sponsors – especially to the ones that can grease their way to academic and economic success” (Brandt 559). How might Gee explain the differences between the affluent and the poor on literacy? Be sure to quote Gee in your explanation. It might be helpful to use Branch and Lopez (in Brandt) for details to aid your explanation.
Gee explains how the poor learns literacy. He says that it is tougher to learn literacy when you don’t go to school and learn from teachers. If you are fortunate enough to go to school and learn from teachers, it is easier because they went to school to learn how to translate the different techniques.
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