A COURSE MODULE FOR
NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM
I (NSTP I)
RAPHAEL M. FERRER
ATTY. ERIC PAUL D. PERALTA
HERALD IAN C. GUIWA
EUGENE RAYMOND P. CRUDO
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LESSON 13: DEFINITION AND BASIC CONCEPTS OF
LITERACY
LESSON 13:
Definition and Basic
Concepts of Literacy
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Lesson Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:
1. define literacy and explain the policies and laws related to it;
2. justify the importance of literacy from personal to social contexts;
and
3. enumerate the different strategies of teaching literacy to early
learners.
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Lesson Key Concepts and Examples
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What Is Literacy?
• Literacy is the capacity to read, write, and utilize numeracy
by using at least one method of writing. It comprises the
reading, writing, and numeracy competencies of students. It
is related to the skills to recognize, comprehend, decipher,
produce, communicate, and calculate using textual or
written objects in various settings (Montoya, 2018).
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International Policies and Laws
Related to Literacy
1. SDG 4: Quality Education – ensures the access of children
to quality education
2. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Article 28 –
guarantees accessible compulsory primary and secondary
education for all children
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International Policies and Laws
Related to Literacy
3. CRC, Article 29 – rights of the state and the parents to
establish and to choose the type of education for children
4. CRC, Article 24 – states that every parent and child should
be educated about nutrition, breastfeeding, hygiene, and
health
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International Policies and Laws
Related to Literacy
5. Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Article 26 –
Everyone has the right to accessible education.
6. UNESCO Convention Against Discrimination in Education –
upholds that people have the right to accessible education no
matter what class, gender, race, and ethnicity they have
7. Safe Schools Declaration – commitment to protect schools
and students from the effects of armed conflict
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Strategies in Teaching Early Literacy
1. Rich teacher talk – quality conversations with the teacher
where children use rare words, descriptive words, and
complex topics
2. Storybook reading – reading aloud to students using poems,
children’s stories, and informational books
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Strategies in Teaching Early Literacy
3. Phonological awareness activities – comprise activities and
games that increase children’s awareness of sounds. Examples
of these are using rhyme, alliteration, and sound matching.
4. Alphabet activities – activities that involve the identification
of letters
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Strategies in Teaching Early Literacy
5. Support for emergent reading – encouraging children to
start reading books by designing a library, conducting repeated
readings, creating educational posters, and designing play-
related print materials
6. Support for emergent writing – encourages children to start
writing. Some examples of these are coloring, doodling, and
tracing
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Strategies in Teaching Early Literacy
7. Shared book experience – using big books to demonstrate
the parts of a book, to teach left-to-right and top-to-bottom
reading sequences, and to discuss the differences between
texts and pictures
8. Integrated, content-focused activities – providing
opportunities for children to experiment, solve problems, and
investigate topics that are interesting for them
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Lesson Activities and/or Practice
Exercises
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Local Policies and Laws Related to Literacy
Instructions: Proceed to your predetermined groups.
Then, search for the details of the local policies and laws
related to literacy as listed on the next slides. You may go
to the library or use the internet to acquire the necessary
references. From the list, select 10 laws. On the box
provided, write the title of each law and opposite it a
short summary of what it is all about.
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• RA 10122: Literacy Coordinating Council Act Amendments
• RA 7165: Literacy Coordinating Council Act
• RA 10533: Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013
• RA 10556: Araw ng Pagbasa Act
• RA 11522: National Higher Education Day
• RA 11551: Labor Education Act
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• RA 11394: Neutral Desk Act
• RA 11369: National Students' Day Act
• RA 11358: National Vision Screening Act
• RA 10743: National Teacher’s Day Act
• RA 10679: Youth Entrepreneurship Act
• RA 10922: Financial Literacy Week Act
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• RA 10650: Open Distance Learning Act
• RA 10410: Early Years Act
• RA 10157: Kindergarten Education Act
• BP 232: Education Act of 1982
• RA 11713: Teacher Education Act
• RA 11650: Learners with Disability Act
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Concluding Slides
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• Literacy – comprises the skills of reading, writing, and
using numeracy through at least one writing method
• There are various local and international policies and laws
related to literacy, which demonstrate the importance the
global community puts on quality education to help
students read, write, and perform basic math.
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• Some strategies in teaching early literacy are (1) rich
teacher talk; (2) storybook reading; (3) phonological
awareness activities; (4) alphabet activities; (5) support for
emergent reading; (6) support for emergent writing; (7)
shared book experience; and (8) integrated, content-
focused activities.
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Reference
Ferrer, Raphael M., Peralta, Eric Paul D., Guiwa, Herald Ian C., and Crudo, Eugene Raymond P. A
Course Module for National Service Training Program I (NSTP I). Metro Manila, Philippines: REX Book
Store, Inc., 2023.
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