of media literacy and critical thinking among citizens became a central concern for educational institutions in all countries around the world. Since 1982 through different conferences lead by UNESCO, they have been working to face this issue setting up a conceptual framework to get a new approach for teaching and helping students became media literate encouraging them to acquire more power in society, taking an active role in what is happening around them. In our country the dearth of media awareness
means educating the people with sorts of knowledge. It also means to lead the people into the brighter perspective of life. According to that change, language plays a crucial role to support the people’s life. Language was originally applied as the media to communicate. But nowadays, language has taken the improved tier to assist the human’s life. Related to the sophistication, the use of language leads the people to improve and be able to compete the life internationally. Therefore, international
provided by the American Library Association (ALA) Presidential Committee on Information Literacy “to be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information” (p. 179). A similar definition is offered by the Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals (CILIP): “Information literacy is knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use
Information literacy is a broad concept which includes other types of literacy of the 21st century. Basic literacy is a prerequisite for information literacy and it embraces many other types of literacy under its broad umbrella. According to Bawden (2001), this may include library literacy, media literacy and computer literacy. It is also opined that the main components of information literacy includes computer literacy, technology literacy, network literacy, media literacy etc.(Mailander, 2013;
Media Literacy Center for media literacy define Media literacy as “The ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media in a variety of forms.” http://bit.ly/1Sjklye People who are media literate are better able to understand the complex messages we receive from television, radio, Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, billboards, video games, music, and all other forms of media. Being media literate allows children to read book online instead of having a hard copy of the actual book. Media
According to (Baro, 2011) “helping people to derive the most benefit from using a library” Helping user onwards how to access library literacy also on how to access any information. having library literacy could helping user on how to access information efficient and accurate. From this user also could gain any benefit to access authority of information. Then, library education is one of the way to access information regarding library. library education is education and library are two indivisible
The transition of today’s society, from print-based to visual media, is growing apparent as more technologies are being invented and adopted by the world. This literature review provides an in-depth view into why, as a result of the multimedia phenomenon, visual literacy education is important in equipping people with 21st century skills necessary to navigate the information and media-heavy world. Based on previous studies and reports, it will also explore the benefits of being visually literate
need to replicate in the classroom the world in which students are living (The Innovative Educator, 2008). Students require a repertoire of competencies to function efficiently. Some of these competencies includes: learning skills, life skills and literacy skills. Since the world is continuously changing through different aspects, these skills are extremely imperative pertaining to its role in society. Therefore, when these skills are stimulated in the classroom, students would be prepared for the
what it wants to know. Literacy is already known as the ability to reading the words, write any sentence and use what the get it knowledge. The meaning of literacy has been expanded to include the ability to use some language, alphabet and numbers, looking and drawing images, using computers skills, and other basic when to identify and understand, communicate with other people, gain useful knowledge and use the specific symbol systems of a culture. The terms of literacy are about skills how to access
KALEIDOSCOPIC REPRESENTATION OF VISUAL LITERACY IN AN EFL CLASSROOM OF AN ARAB WORLD Ms. Maria Zaheer Lecturer Prince Sultan University mzaheer@psu.edu.sa Preface English is predominantly Lingua franca in the Arab world. However the importance of being proficient in a language that is a vehicular connection in order to communicate, and to be successful in diverse set of fields helps opportunities to knock. This paper will examine the inclination towards Visual Literacy (VL) in the Second language (L2)