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I am not sure why you are down voted, in Germany, we have about 6 millions adults who are functionally illiterate. This is a big issue.
by Loic 4y ago
I am not sure why you are down voted, in Germany, we have about 6 millions adults who are functionally illiterate. This is a big issue.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoThis could also be framed as a failure of the educational system.
- klyrs 4y agohttps://www.dw.com/en/millions-of-germans-have-trouble-reading-and-writing/a-48633267 https://www.dw.com/en/millions-of-germans-have-trouble-readi... Roughly half of the illiteracy rate in Germany is due to migrants who are not native German speakers. Framing this as a failure of the educational system would be rather ignorant, as that's at most half of the problem.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoI'd think it would be a priority to educate immigrants to a level where they're able to be self-sufficient as well.
- gus_massa 4y agoIlliteracy in that article means illiteracy in German or illiteracy in their native language? Also... > More than 6 million adults in Germany struggle to read and write simple texts in German, a new study has found. Can they read enough to navigate some menus in German?
- richbell 4y agoI suspect people misinterpret me pointing out that a group has been historically discriminated against and denied education, or at least not being provided accommodations that allow them to participate, as being bigoted. A lot of people don't realize that the dominant language of a country is usually a deaf person's second or third language. Thus, they may be more comfortable speaking in their first language, sign language (which is regional and not one global language*).
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