The quotation below begins the Grade 11 Curriculum Documents and I thought ... you know it is true literacy is more than just communication it is about the quality of our relationships, our understanding of the world and our access to opportunities in society. The stronger your skills the better you are able to not only enjoy the opportunities our society has to offer but also the better you are able to make a meaningful difference and contribution to society.
"Literacy is about more than reading or writing – it is about how we communicate in society. It is about social practices and relationships, about knowledge, language and culture.
Those who use literacy take it for granted – but those who cannot use it are excluded from much communication in today’s world. Indeed, it is the excluded who can best appreciate the notion of 'literacy as freedom'."
UNESCO, Statement for the United Nations Literacy Decade, 2003–2012
"Literacy is about more than reading or writing – it is about how we communicate in society. It is about social practices and relationships, about knowledge, language and culture.
Those who use literacy take it for granted – but those who cannot use it are excluded from much communication in today’s world. Indeed, it is the excluded who can best appreciate the notion of 'literacy as freedom'."
UNESCO, Statement for the United Nations Literacy Decade, 2003–2012