Literacy
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Literacy is traditionally the ability to read and write. Since the mid-twentieth century, the term is also used more broadly to encompass identifying, understanding, interpreting, creating, communicat
Bill of sale of a male slave and a building in Shuruppak, Sumerian tablet, c. 2600 BCE
Brain areas involved in literacy acquisition
Sample milestone sketch
Reviewing photos after a photowalk
Reading
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Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of the symbols of a written language, by means of sight or touch. The ability to read is called literacy.
Literacy
…Literacy is traditionally the ability to read and write. Since the mid-twentieth century, the term is also used more broadly to encompass identifying, understanding, interpreting, creating…
A reading muse
Volunteer reads to a girl at the Casa Hogar de las Niñas in Mexico City.
Senior reading a newspaper in Nepal
Researchers have concluded that approximately 95% of students can be taught to read by the end of the first or second year of school, yet in many countries 20% or more do not meet that expectation.