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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·1 year agoFunctional illiteracy is a different measure than illiteracy. You are talking about functional illiteracy, and proved such with your examples. It’s a fairly important distinction tbh.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoIsn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoReading comprehension issue, typical American
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIsn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoNo, unless it specifies that they’re illiterate in English. Otherwise, everyone is illiterate since they can’t read every single language on Earth.
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Functional illiteracy is a different measure than illiteracy. You are talking about functional illiteracy, and proved such with your examples.
It’s a fairly important distinction tbh.
Isn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
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Reading comprehension issue, typical American
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Isn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
No, unless it specifies that they’re illiterate in English. Otherwise, everyone is illiterate since they can’t read every single language on Earth.