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In [[education]] and [[literacy]], '''quantitative literacy''' (also called '''numeracy''') is "the knowledge and skills required to ap ...lt Literacy in America: a first look at the findings of the National Adult Literacy Survey], (NCES 93275). U.S. Department of Education.</ref>

...concerns [[second language acquisition]] (SLA), [[bilingual education]], [[literacy]] and [[neurolinguistics]]. His work seeks to inform policy on bilingual ed

* Seymour, P. H. K.; Aro, M.; & Erskine, J. M. (2003). Foundation literacy acquisition in European orthographies. ''British Journal of Psychology'', ' * Stubbs, Michael. (1980). ''Language and literacy: The sociolinguistics of reading and writing''. London: Routledge & Kegan P

Dialect standardisation can be explained as the result of [[literacy]], and access to standardised written materials. By contrast, because regio

...us on written language therefore ignores linguistic development prior to [[literacy]]. Another reason is that [[writing system]]s typically ignore many feature

*Tarone, E., M. Bigelow & K. Hansen (2009). ''Literacy and Second Language Oracy''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 97801944

...ing to [[electric guitar|electric]], adding a back-up band, and bringing [[literacy]] to [[rock and roll|rock'n'roll]]. In the late sixties, after a lay-off d

...rary/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iv.html Côte d'Ivoire]'.</ref> [[Literacy]] stands at about half the population, and the majority of Ivoirians are ei

.... Augustyn, Jr. "Together and Apart: Lithuanian and Polish Immigrant Adult Literacy Programs in Chicago, 1890-1930." ''Polish American Studies'' 2000 57(2): 31

...ent<ref name="unicefexplain">of 14 and 15-year-olds; based on 3 surveys on literacy and ability in mathematics, science, and reading; ranking is based on numbe

...the Danish threat to his kingdom of [[Wessex]], was determined to improve literacy among his people. He undertook some translations of then-popular classics

...ed to say that the President was elected because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote...People who could not even spell the word 'vot | title = Former Congressman Tom Tancredo Says Obama Won Because There is No Literacy Test Before Voting

...d organizer for the [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]] teaching literacy and voter education to sharecroppers. Adams was an active participant in [

I have no experience writing for kids but for adults with low literacy levels, which follows the very same principles of limiting vocabulary and s

...tely the size of the U.S. state of [[New Mexico (U.S. state)|New Mexico]]. Literacy is approximately 90 percent. <ref name=CIAfactVN>{{citation

...on a literate population, but are also thought to help stimulate increased literacy.

...as cataloging, collection development for a diverse community, information literacy, community standards, public services-focused librarianship, serving a dive *[[Information literacy]]

Continuing to strengthen agricultural literacy among consumers through Ag in the Classroom projects. Mini-grants for Farm Bureau groups to increase ag literacy efforts in their communities.

...us on written language therefore ignores linguistic development prior to [[literacy]]. Another reason is that [[writing system]]s typically ignore many feature

The literacy rate is 74.8%, the female literacy rate 67.1%.

...he [[Hawaiian bible|bible]] was translated into Hawai{{Okina}}ian in 1839, literacy on the Hawai{{Okina}}ian islands soared. Hawai{{Okina}}i quickly became the

...ing, for a large part of the population, meant instruction only in basic [[literacy]] and elementary [[arithmetic]] skills in tuition-based schools which were

...pt was introduced by the [[Soviet Union]] as part of an effort to increase literacy and distance the, at that time, largely illiterate population, from the Isl ...c language]]. The literacy campaign was successful, with near universal [[literacy]] being achieved by the 1950s.

...kforce Investment Act, displaced homemakers, adult basic education (family literacy), rehabilitation, professional development, and training programs from immi

===Health literacy=== [[Health literacy]] can be assessed.

...&pmid=16174840}}</ref> The NNT has been proposed to improve [[quantitative literacy]].<ref name="pmid3374545"/> The calculations are derived from the results o

...at all levels was closely linked to the [[church]]. The teaching of basic literacy skills was undertaken on a wide front so that the individual [[Christian]] ...vy emphasis was put on education which made the US have one of the highest literacy rates at the time.

...|America]], only a small percentage of the population in any country was [[literacy|literate]] before the [[Industrial Revolution]]. ...ityguide.org/volunteer/fifteen/reading-books.htm Jamie Littlefield].</ref> Literacy rates in the USA are also more highly correlated to weekly earnings than IQ

...s researchers become more interested in how [[language acquisition]] and [[literacy]] are related, how people process [[written language]] and how [[computers]

...y, the availability of printed materials led to a continuing rise in the [[literacy]] level, revolutionizing education. ...previous century) than expected, but also a significantly higher level of literacy than has often been estimated.

...h greater freedom from traditional restraints. In the sixteenth century as literacy spread, as more and different types of people began to compose poetry, a no

...anguage acquisition]] specialists, and educators concerned with developing literacy.<ref>See for example Frost & Katz (1992); Young-Scholten (2002); Connor et

* Mclean, Lorna. "'To Become Part of Us': Ethnicity, Race, Literacy and the Canadian Immigration Act of 1919". ''Canadian Ethnic Studies'' 2004

...ulish and the [[Calendar of Coligny]]). Furthermore, Caesar attests to the literacy of the Gauls, but also wrote that their priests, the [[druids]], forbade us ...to record short inscriptions (largely personal names), more sophisticated literacy was not introduced to Celtic areas not conquered by Rome until the advent o

...equently translated into other languages soon after their publication, and literacy rates around the world are at historic highs, there is a growing sense of a ...other words, the future of literature may have less to do with traditional literacy and letters than anyone can predict.

...disabilities: [[Color Blindness|color blindness]], motion impairments, low literacy, and so forth.

...ettling of Schools'' in that very same year, leading to widespread minimal literacy. At the university level, Scotland boasted 5 universities. Scots also went

*[[Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus]]

...and illiteracy", because its volunteers aim to continue spreading public [[literacy]] and appreciation for the literary heritage just as [[public library|publi

...required that he know how to read. Thus, early on, [[education]] in basic literacy skills became an important part of the Christian life for Protestants. In t

...skrit was a prestige dialect that was used as a marker of social class and literacy in [[Vedic period|post-Vedic]] India.

...etworks in schools; all teachers to get enhanced training on mental health literacy |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/mental-health-schools-suppor

...re|cultural]] or [[education]]al background: for example, people who are [[literacy|literate]] in a [[writing system]] which demarcates units of language by sp

...e account of his life, as well as the note that exonerated Ann Melton. His literacy is highly unusual given his station in life, and the incredible poverty of

...ney on footwear, and Kyoto people on fine clothes. <ref>Richard Torrance, "Literacy and Literature in Osaka, 1890-1940," ''The Journal of Japanese Studies'' 31

...than India's, though India had fewer famines than China. China had higher literacy, basic educational, and life expectancy rates than India, while India had a ...sistent series for Latin American real incomes, life expectancy, and adult literacy over the 20th century reveal that living standards rose most rapidly betwee

===Nat Turner, anti-literacy laws===

...equently translated into other languages soon after their publication, and literacy rates around the world are at historic highs, there is a growing sense of a ...other words, the future of literature may have less to do with traditional literacy and letters than anyone can predict.

...nerations of American schoolchildren used these readers to acquire basic [[literacy]] skills and to imbibe the moral lessons they taught. ...ach had its origins during the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] when literacy was promoted as a means of enabling people to read the Bible. Following the

...if they wanted, attend evening classes on subjects ranging civics to basic literacy. Skilled courses such as motor repair, cooking, and baking were popular; L