What is Literacy Sponsorship?

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Reflect on the term "literacy sponsorship" and its related concepts. Provide your revised definition/understanding of the term "literacy sponsor" and its elements. How does literacy sponsorship apply to you? 


Literacy sponsorships was a relatively new concept for me. From what I know through reading the unit and completing various assignments, literacy sponsors can be defined as, people, programs, or institutions that play a role in ones literacy in either a negative or positive way or even both.

I originally had a hard time understanding how literacy sponsorship applied to me, but through Barbara Strandt's definition of Literacy Sponsor, I learned that I had many literacy sponsors that I could list. She explains that, sponsorships are a, "... range of human relationships and ideological pressures..." and range "from benign sharing between adults and youth, to euphenized coercions in schools and workplaces..." (Brandt, 74). This means that many people that I interact with influence me in ways that I might not even realize immediately. What I learned in this unit will be helpful in my future. I will know how to reflect on my influencers or "sponsors" and am aware that I can influence other individuals and form sponsorships for them.