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Title: Cultural and Social Uses of Orality and Functional Literacy: A Narrative Approach
Language: English
Authors: Johnson, Lineo R.
Source: Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa. 2016 7(1).
Availability: AOSIS. 15 Oxford Street, Durbanville, Cape Town, 7550 South Africa. Tel: +27-21-975-2602; Fax: +27-21-975-4635; e-mail: publishing@aosis.co.za; Web site: https://rw.org.za/index.php/rw
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 2016
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Personal Narratives, Story Telling, Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Indigenous Knowledge, Numeracy, Computation, Literacy Education, Mathematics Skills
Geographic Terms: Lesotho
ISSN: 2079-8245
Abstract: Lesotho's educational system and development are largely influenced by missionaries and colonisers who taught the three 'Rs' (reading, writing and numeracy skills) to the Basotho. Most of those enlightened Basotho were to carry on the duties of either educating others or as missionary workers. Some became clerks, interpreters, police officers, nurses and Sunday school teachers. This article is an account of a functionally literate Mosotho male adult learner who was herding livestock and taught himself reading and writing skills. In his narrative, Hlalefang (not his real name) compares literacy to money and a watch or a clock. He further expresses how people like him have managed to muster some basic and restructure the cognitive and oral history and archival memories, through intuitiveness. The story is based on the work of Paulo Freire where culture influences the discourse of literacy. A qualitative narrative story-telling approach was used to relate Hlalefang's lived-experiences as he navigated his ways and challenges using orality acquired through various life encounters. This inspirational cultural narrative demonstrates that culture and social uses are imperatives in functional literacy. The article challenges those in adult education, literacy, development practitioners and policy-makers to consider some aspects of culture and to be innovative in their approaches to multi-literacies.
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Number of References: 30
Entry Date: 2018
Accession Number: EJ1186980
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