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It's usually called 'functional illiteracy'. If you can read the words in an article, but don't understand what it says, should you really be considered litera
by tapland 6y ago
It's usually called 'functional illiteracy'.
If you can read the words in an article, but don't understand what it says, should you really be considered literate?
Understanding what it says is not understanding the meanings of separate words, but the meaning of the text in question.
- noobermin 6y agoSure but even that's a bit of a distance from what they're arguing. I can imagine that someone can totally not read a book every year but still understand context of say a news article they've read. That is nowhere near functional illiteracy.