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Based on the concept of literacy sponsorship coined by Deborah Brandt, this study aimed to explore the affecting patterns of literacy sponsorship in people’s lives. According to Brandt, literacy sponsor refers to any agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who enable, support, teach, model, as well as recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy, and gain advantage by it in some way. For the research purpose, 4 Chinese participated in this study. Data sources, including interviews as the main data source, chatting history and blog as the supplementary data source, were collected and analyzed. According to the research findings, the most dominant literacy sponsors in participants' lives are 1)literacy learning activities happened in school, 2)signigicant others such as parents, relatives and other knowledgable adults, 3)traditional media like books, 4)multimedia like televisions, radio, 5)internet, and 6)learners' affective experiences such as curiosity, engagement, self-efficacy and feeling of challenge. The patterns of their sponsoring were shown differently. Finally, research comments were provided for further research and better support for literacy learning.