Wednesday, September 10, 2014
summary of a literacy sponsor
Brandt's idea of a literacy sponsor is anyone or anything that influences a person's literacy. It could be someone's teacher, parents, job, etc. Sponsors also have something to gain. For example, a teacher gains a paycheck, or a boss gains a competent worker. Literacy sponsors are dependent on who you are as a person (culture, class, gender, etc.). For example, if you are Chinese and live in a rural area of America, accessing a sponsor to fit your needs might be hard. If you are extremely poor, accessing a sponsor might be a little harder than if a rich person wanted to access a sponsor because you might not have the money to buy books or get a higher education, etc.
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You're definitely on the right track with your definition. Also consider the larger political, economic, and technological infrastructures at play that affect a person's access to resources and also consider the motives of those sponsors and what they gain from possessing literacy capital.
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