• Functional illiteracy consists of reading and writing skills that are inadequate "to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills...
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    skills, elementary reading skills, age, and IQ. Functional illiteracy is distinguished from primary illiteracy (i.e., the inability to read and write a short...
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  • and words at all. The opposite of reading comprehension is called functional illiteracy. Reading comprehension occurs on a gradient or spectrum, rather...
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    and write, functional illiteracy is when a person who has these skills is unable to use them in everyday life. For example, a functional illiterate person...
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    Coldea A, Dresler T, Schrader J, Nuerk HC (2016). "A Review about Functional Illiteracy: Definition, Cognitive, Linguistic, and Numerical Aspects". Frontiers...
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  • so they were not formally educated, resulting in their life-long functional illiteracy. With nine children to support, their father Wesley decided to take...
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  • standard spelling is often perceived as an indicator of low intelligence, illiteracy, or lower class standing. Spelling tests are commonly used to assess a...
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    used here, see this page. In linguistics, a grapheme is the smallest functional unit of a writing system. The word grapheme is derived from Ancient Greek...
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    Catarina reaching around 97% of literacy rate; functional illiteracy has reached 21.6% of the population. Illiteracy is higher in the Northeast, where 13.87%...
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  • study B&B is to learn about a culture of narcissism, alienation, functional illiteracy, instant gratification and television zombiehood. — Roger Ebert...
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    99% of the adult population is literate, concern is rising over functional illiteracy. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), coordinated...
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    period and often had some chance to obtain a basic education. The gap in illiteracy between white and black adults continued to narrow through the 20th century...
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    country still suffers from high levels of corruption, violent crime, functional illiteracy and poverty. Brazil belonged to the Kingdom of Portugal as a colony...
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    loyalties. It is often concluded that the Khmer Rouge regime promoted functional illiteracy. This statement is not completely incorrect, but it is quite inaccurate...
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