Barton And Hamilton: Article Analysis
Brandon Mulkey
Prof. Taherzadeh
English 1302
23 September, 2014 In the article, “Literacy Practices,” the authors, David Barton, and Mary Hamilton analyze literacy on not just a level of reading, and writing but how it is implemented, used, and affected by our daily lives. The authors see literacy as more of a social practice than just an ability that is gained. Barton and Hamilton use several propositions as a framework to build their argument. According to the authors literacy is best understood as a set of social practices. These literacy practices can be inferred from events, which are mediated by written text. To put it simply “literacy practices are what people do with literacy”. (Barton and Hamilton 22) With literacy being a
Prof. Taherzadeh
English 1302
23 September, 2014 In the article, “Literacy Practices,” the authors, David Barton, and Mary Hamilton analyze literacy on not just a level of reading, and writing but how it is implemented, used, and affected by our daily lives. The authors see literacy as more of a social practice than just an ability that is gained. Barton and Hamilton use several propositions as a framework to build their argument. According to the authors literacy is best understood as a set of social practices. These literacy practices can be inferred from events, which are mediated by written text. To put it simply “literacy practices are what people do with literacy”. (Barton and Hamilton 22) With literacy being a