“INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY”
(SEPTEMBER 8TH)
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(‘literacy’ is traditionally understood as the ability to…)
*read*
*write*
*use ‘arithmetic’*
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(the modern term’s meaning has been expanded to include the ability to use language, numbers, images, computers, and other basic means to understand, communicate, gain useful knowledge and use the dominant symbol systems of a ‘culture’)
(the concept of literacy is expanding in OECD countries to include skills to access knowledge through technology and ability to assess ‘complex contexts’)
(a person who travels and resides in a foreign country but is unable to read or write in the language of the host country would also be regarded by the locals as being ‘illiterate’)
(the key to ‘literacy’ is reading development, a progression of skills that begins with the ability to understand spoken words and decode written words, and culminates in the ‘deep understanding of text’)
(‘reading development’ involves a range of complex language underpinnings including awareness of speech sounds (phonology), spelling patterns (orthography), word meaning (semantics), grammar (syntax) and patterns of word formation (morphology), all of which provide a necessary platform for ‘reading fluency’ + ‘comprehension’)
(once these skills are acquired, the reader can attain full language literacy, which includes the abilities to apply to printed material critical analysis, inference and synthesis; to write with accuracy and coherence; and to use information and insights from text as the basis for ‘informed decisions’ + ‘creative thought’)
(the inability to do so is called ‘illiteracy’ or ‘analphabetism’)
(the “united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization” (UNESCO) defines literacy as the “ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts”)
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(‘literacy’ involves a continuum of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in their ‘community’ + ‘wider society’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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