The purpose of this memoir is quite simple: to discuss the various ways in which technology has influenced my development as a writer, reader, and critical thinker. In accomplishing these goals, I have divided my literacy evolution into eight stages based on the Stages of Literacy as identified by researchers. These stages may be reached at different ages by different individuals and depend largely on a person’s cognitive abilities and his or her immersion in a language environment. The eight stages, each named according to a child’s acquisition of language, are:
Preliterate Stage
Emergent Literacy
Initial Reading and Writing
Transitional Stage
Basic Literacy
Refinement Stage
Advanced Literacy
Expert Literacy and Beyond
In this memoir, each stage will serve as a “chapter,” and in each chapter, I will briefly discuss generally how children develop as readers and writers in each stage and specifically how I developed in each stage.
This is me, trying to read
Cinderella.
