Tag: Literacy

April 25, 2024

Literacies in the Age of Mobility Literacy Practices of Adult and Adolescent Migrants

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Free Download Annika Norlund Shaswar, "Literacies in the Age of Mobility: Literacy Practices of Adult and Adolescent Migrants"
English | ISBN: 303083316X | 2022 | 300 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book offers insights into questions related to mobility, literacy learning and literacy practices of adult and adolescent migrants. The authors address learning and use of literacies among adults and adolescents in both temporary and more permanent post-migration settlements and in various contexts, exploring spatial as well as temporal dimensions of literacies and power. The formal and informal educational settings examined include state-mandated schools, community settings, and libraries, and the chapters offer insights into the complex relations between literacies and mobility, as well as a range of perspectives on language use and language learning. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers in fields including education and literacy, applied linguistics, language education and migration studies.

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April 25, 2024

Gut An Owner’s Guide (The Body Literacy Library)

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Free Download Gut: An Owner’s Guide (The Body Literacy Library) by Austin Chiang
English | April 9th, 2024 | ISBN: 0744092701 | 208 pages | True EPUB | 12.50 MB
Become body literate with Gut: An Owner’s Guide, the next book in The Body Literacy Library, an enlightening series that will democratize health for a new generation of readers.

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April 25, 2024

Advertising Literacy for Young Audiences in the Digital Age

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Free Download Advertising Literacy for Young Audiences in the Digital Age: A Critical Attitude to Embedded Formats
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031557352 | 301 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 2 MB
This book analyzes how children and adolescents aged between 10 and 17 engage with digital advertising and highlights the importance of promoting advertising literacy to help young audiences recognize advertising and distinguish it from other media content in the digital age. As the advertising sector evolves, incorporating new formats like branded content and influencer marketing, the frontiers between commercial content and regular media become blurred, posing a challenge for children and adolescents to discern persuasive intent in advertising and distinguish advertising from other media content.

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January 26, 2024

The Library’s Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons

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Free Download Julie Todaro, "The Library’s Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1442265922, 1442265914 | EPUB | pages: 358 | 5.4 mb
Library Roles in Achieving Financial Literacy among its Patrons is a collection of articles from 25 librarians in different parts of the U.S. and Canada, each contributing 3,000-4,000 words: concise chapters with sidebars, bullets, and headers; there is an introduction. Contributors were selected for the creative potential in their topics, those that can be used in various types of libraries and that demonstrate a command of financial literacy and are able to communicate what they know to aiding users solve their financial information problems. The collection has three sections. The first provides an overview of financial literacy: what it means generally, what needs exist among library patrons, and what approaches have been tried to date. The second section deals with resources that are available in libraries, or should be made available. These include collections, skill sets in librarians, program opportunities and others. The third section is a series of case studies that demonstrate successes and best practices. Includes a foreword by ALA President Julie Todaro.

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