What is literacy?
- The basic definition of literacy is the ability to read and write
- The National Literacy Act of 1991 defines literacy as: An individual's
ability to read, write, and speak in English, and compute and solve problems
at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job and in society,
to achieve one's goals, and develop one's knowledge and potential
- It is important to remember that literacy is not an "all or nothing"
quality. There are varying levels of illiteracy.
What is illiteracy?
- Again, the basic definition of illiteracy is the inability to read
and write
- What illiteracy means is that an individual may not be able to read
the directions on a medicine bottle, get on a subway line, read a telephone
bill, find and keep a job, or read to a child
- There is a distinction between the illiterate individual and the functionally
illiterate individual
- The functionally illiterate can read at a grade 5 level, whereas the
literate individual is reading well beyond a grade 8 level
The Impact of Illiteracy
- While illiterate adults can be found in every sector of society, there's
a heavy concentration of low-literate adults among the poor
- Illiteracy tends to be passed on to the next generation. Low-literate
parents are unlikely to read to their pre-school age children, and are
often unable to assist their school age children with assignments
- Reading deficiencies contribute to workplace accidents, errors, and
decreased productivity, costing businesses hundreds of millions of dollars
each year
- In an economy that demands increasingly higher levels of literacy,
millions need better literacy skills to find employment or to be trained
for new jobs.
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