Intercultural Issues: Biliteracy

Thomas DeVere Wolsey, Ed. D.Walden University

Virtual Presentation at Universidad Distrital Franscisco Jose de Caldas June 15, 2011

Defining Biliteracy

Program

Curriculum

Biliteracy

Problematizing

Tasks

Simulations, case study,

field work, readings, inquiry

Biliteracy

What is Technology? (Hughes, 2004)

What does it have to do with

literacy and intercultural

engagement in the

classroom?

Technology

Culture and Literacy • Literacy is a social practice

• Culture is the expression of social

practice

• Identity

Biliteracy and Culture

Culture and Literacy When cultures meet

Language as a resource (Gonzalez, Moll, &

Amanti, 2005)

Language is the technology of critical

thinking

Biliteracy and Culture

Biliteracy and Culture

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Culture and Literacy

Literacy can be the lens, a kind of

tool, for cross-cultural

engagement.

Biliteracy and Culture

Culture of the

Classroom

Biliteracy and Culture

Honigsfeld,A., Giouroukakis, V., and Garfinkel, J.

(2011). Immigrant literature in the

secondary English classroom: Rationale

and recommendations. The California

Reader, 44(3), 25-31.

The Literature Students Read

Gonzalez N. Molll, L. C. & Amanti. C. (2005). Funds of

knowledge: Theorizing practices in households and

classrooms. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Hughes, T. (2004). Human-built world: How to think

about technology and culture. Chicago: University of

Chicago.

References