Personal Literacy Profile and Critical Reflection (1)

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Personal Literacy Profile and Critical Reflection Personal Literacy Profile and Critical Reflection Department of Early childhood Education Toronto Metropolitan University CLD 314: Literacy in Early Years September 22 nd , 2023 Literacy Profile Assignment Part 1

2 Personal Literacy Profile and Critical Reflection 1. How would you describe yourself as a reader? When it comes to reading, I would consider myself as someone who does not enjoy reading, prefer to watch or listen to a book than to read a book or an article. This stems from not being exposed to reading from a young age, my parents never read books to me and my little sister when we were growing up, instead of reading we would watch Disney movies. I was never forced to read books until went into kindergarten and been then I struggled because at that age my first language was Spanish, therefore I had difficulty reading the books in school. To this day I do not enjoy reading and I find it hard for me to stay concentrated on reading an article or a book, I get bored easily or I get distracted easily, causing me to not be a very good reader. The way I was brought up as a child has had an influence on me as a reader today. Although I do not enjoy reading on my own, I do enjoy reading to children and seeing their expressions in the books I read. I would have appreciated it if I was exposed and encouraged more to reading when I was growing up because that would be helpful to this day. 2. How would you describe yourself as a writer? I enjoy writing more than I do reading, I would say writing allows me to be freer and allows my ideas to flow. I do consider myself to have a hard time putting my ideas and thoughts into a proper written format. I can brainstorm and jot down all my ideas and thoughts but to articulate my thoughts and ideas onto a well written essay is difficult for me because I was never that good at English. What has helped me in my writing over the years is reading my work out loud to catch any incorrect formatting and I have also asked other people to edit my work because sometimes I do not catch everything that’s wrong. I enjoy writing about topics that I am interested in and topics that do not involve reading articles that are 20 pages long. 3. How do you choose books to read? What is your current favorite book?

3 Personal Literacy Profile and Critical Reflection When it comes to choosing books for myself to read, I tend to go for books that have topics I am interested in, and I tend to go for books that are not that long. I also usually read the back of the book or the last page to see if it catches my attention. When I read books, it takes me a while to finish them because I get distracted so easily, I am not the type of person to just sit reading books for hours every day. I have not read a book in a while but the last book that I enjoyed reading was Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard, it is a book based on a tv show that I watched when I was younger about these high school girls. The book was full of mystery, teenage drama and romance which are genres that I enjoy reading, I enjoyed reading this book because I enjoyed watching the series alongside it and because it had relatable parts because at the time I was in high school. 4. What are your earliest memories of learning to read? What is your favorite children's book? My earliest memories of learning to read were when I was in grade 1, I was put in a different classroom to learn because I was not at the level of all the other children because I grew up only speaking Spanish t home and not being taught how to read or write in English. I would be put to read picture books with a few words in them and they were never that interesting, they would be books with basic pictures and writing, I remember being taught how to sound out words using my finger at the same time. Once I learned how to read and was at a good reading level, I really enjoyed reading The Magic Tree House serries by Marry Pope Osborne, I enjoyed reading this series of books because they were filled with action and adventure each book had a different story line which helped me expand my imagination. 5. What are your earliest memories of learning to write?

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