My Expectation on Critical Literacy

Assalamualaikum.

I hope everyone here is pleasantly having a good day and well being. 

Well, today I'm going to start working with my finger and boost up my brain to give my point of view. Frankly, I'm not really have any idea what is "WHAT IS CRITICAL LITERACY?" before this and I just assume it is some kind of literature subject which I'm presuming that I was wrong when I started to learn Critical Literacy in class. Thanks to the rumors on CL  which I heard randomly from the seniors and they were like exaggerated as it some kind of plague, I think I have made wrong expectation toward this subject. 

My expectation or hopes for this subject are I will be able to learn on how to train my brain to think critically in order to overcome problems and be good in decision making. Basically, Critical Literacy is a subject which is focusing on critical thinking where it involved the process of gathering and analyzing information, facts and theories. Critical thinking is also encompass in making effective decisions and evaluates options and separate facts from opinion. In short, critical thinking is valuable process that should be applied by everyone.  

 In the beginning, I found myself by having difficulties in understanding the concept of Critical Literacy because I didn't understand the basic concept the Rule of Ten that implied in Critical Literacy. Most of my classmate and I could reach at one point where we are completely blanked and felt despair when we have given some task on reviewing academic articles. This is because our minds are constricted and couldn't evaluate the possible content of the context. However, through practices and lessons that have been given by Madam Zariati, I managed to understand the concept the Rule of Ten. The Rules of Ten is basically a guideline to write the correct way of our own critical review.  Topic, content, source, audience, rhetorical function, purpose, perspective, positioning, impact and visual literacy are the important key element to ensure our point of view is in the right track.

Other than that, I have learned the Reasoning Skill which is the process of getting from a particular point (problem) to another point (solution). This is a skill that we need to find the cause of particular issue or problem to happen which I have to use my own good sense and base on my reasons of facts, evidence, or logical conclusions rather than my emotions. In short, I have to determine the best solution to a problem which I should have my own logical reason to make justification.

 Basically, by applying the concept Rule of Ten and Reasoning skill, it had help me a lot to think critically and understand more deep in any particular issues. It made me realized that Critical Literacy subject teach us about the theoretical way of thinking critically. It has never crossed my mind that this particular subject is actually have been applied indirectly in our life even we didn't learn it formally. So, my expectations toward Critical Literacy in improving myself have been convincing and succeed way beyond my expectation. I'm looking forward if this subject could introduce in primary level which could help youngsters to appreciate the art of Critical Literacy and be wise.