Time transcripts of VID00021

[00:00:00:00]	Please tell us a little bit about yourself

[00:00:04:01]	I am a senior graduating with a biology degree

[00:00:08:02]	in a couple weeks 

[00:00:10:02]	And what is your literacy narrative about today

[00:00:13:02]	I babysit for two of my younger cousins

[00:00:16:02]	and I've gotten to see their progression learning how to read and

[00:00:20:02]	helping each other how to read, Demi is 5 

[00:00:24:03]	and I started babysitting her when she was just a little baby 

[00:00:28:03]	and I have gotten to see her grow up and practice reading, 

[00:00:32:04]	learning her letters, learning how to write

[00:00:36:04]	and then her younger brother, Will is now 3 and she's been

[00:00:40:04]	able to help him practice reading and start to learn

[00:00:44:05]	his letters even though he is very young

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[00:00:48:06]	Okay, and do you believe they help each other learning?

[00:00:52:07]	Yes and I have gotten to see them do it together

[00:00:56:08]	so if I am busy doing something at the house and I don't have time I can tell 

[00:01:00:08]	them hey kids why don't go read and Demi can kind of take the lead on 

[00:01:04:08]	things and help Will look at books and 

[00:01:08:08]	learn letters just like she did

[00:01:12:09]	And what are some ways they help each other read and write? 

[00:01:16:09]	Do they play at writing?

[00:01:18:10]	If we are doing a craft or something and

[00:01:20:10]	Demi likes to write her name a lot and write Will's name write mom

[00:01:24:10]	dad and so she will look at letters and be able to copy it and then 

[00:01:28:10]	she can kind of help Will go through the motions of writing letters as well

[00:01:32:11]	Can you think of any books you've read to them?

[00:01:36:11]	...They like Dr. Seuss books 

[00:01:40:11]	because of not only the funny stories but

[00:01:44:12]	the colors and pictures and stuff that are included in the book

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[00:01:52:12]	Now let's talk about you,

[00:01:56:13]	can you tell us any memories about reading and writing when

[00:01:58:13]	you were young?

[00:02:00:13]	I remember reading the Arthur books

[00:02:04:13]	when I was younger, and it helped that there was also a T.V.

[00:02:08:14]	show about it but it was one of my favorites when I was little

[00:02:12:14]	and my mom would go out and buy new books of the series 

[00:02:14:14]	and bring them home and read them to me and then

[00:02:16:25]	eventually I got to the level that I could read it on my own and I enjoyed it

[00:02:21:25]	Can you tell us about a time 

[00:02:23:08]	where you ever felt illiterate in a certain situation

[00:02:27:08] I know when I came to college, being a Biology major I had to really practice at

[00:02:31:08]	reading scientific articles. It's a big part of 

[00:02:35:08]	higher level Biology classes here at Ohio State

[00:02:39:08]	it takes a little bit of a different capacity to read 

[00:02:43:08]	that level of 

[00:02:47:08]	intelligence and the wording is a lot different and the structure

[00:02:51:08]	of the articles so a lot of my early Biology classes

[00:02:55:08]	gave us practice to learn how to get through the articles and 

[00:02:59:09]	digest what they were saying and be able to

[00:03:03:09]	eventually write our own scientific articles

[00:03:07:09]	Thank you