Professing Literacy: A Review Essay

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Diane August and Timothy Shanahan outlined in their book "Improving the literacy rate of second language learners: reports of nationally ethnic minority children and adolescent literacy groups" (Executive Summary, 2006 ). Existing literature meeting scientific research standards (PDF; external materials) Their report pointed out that research on access to EL literacy is still limited. However, some of the main survey results of the national literacy improvement team as below are included. Education covering a wide range of key parts of reading (phoneme recognition, speech, fluency, vocabulary and understanding of text) brings obvious advantages to minority students (page 3). )). It is necessary to teach important elements of reading but it is not enough to teach minority students to teach English reading and writing skillfully. The ability to talk is also important (page 4)

The purpose of this literature review is to directly influence English and literacy education, literacy practice, policy and research, mainly on methods recognized by black women. The next step is the theoretical foundation of the black feminist idea in black female literature and black female literature. Then we discussed a methodology to identify the literature for this review. What we did was the first synthesis and literacy survey of research literature on literacy education and practice in black women and English women. We organize scholarships considered in an important area of ​​literature to explain the choice of young English educators and the choice of curriculum for black girls inside and outside the classroom. We conclude this review by providing a cultural framework for black women as a driving force for research, education and teacher education.