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basically, if you have a lack of literacy you are partially disconnected of the world

Literacy and illiteracy

literacy

what is the importance of literacy

People with low literacy skills may not be able to:

use the internet.

read instructions on medicines

fill out a form

make sense of a bus or train timetable

understand price labels

understand road signs

read a book or newspaper

When does literacy start?

it starts with the young children, since the moment they born.

Educators focus really hard in the development of the reading and writing process

students begin to learn

how to communicate effectively

how to construct meaning from various kinds of text and

how to acquire information, evaluate it, and ethically use it

the rules of language

Is the ability to read and write

Alberta Education defines literacy as the ability, confidence and willingness to engage with language to acquire, construct and communicate meaning in all aspects of daily living.

illiteracy

what are the causes of illiteracy

Learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, dysorthographia, etc

Difficult living conditions, including poverty

Lack of books at home and lack of stimulation as to the importance of reading;

Parents with little schooling;

what is its impact in the world?

The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) conducted a study of illiteracy among adults in the United States in 2003

Fourteen percent of the adult population had below-basic skills in reading and understanding prose texts,

some 93 million people, ranked at the below-basic or basic level in their reading skills.

the inability to read or write.