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"Reading and writing" redirects here. For the journal, see Reading and Writing (journal).

World map indicating literacy rate by country in 2015 (2015 CIA World Factbook) Grey = no data

World illiteracy has halved between 1970 and 2015

Brain areas involved in literacy acquisition

Evidence of literacy in Chicago (1973)
Dictionaries traditionally define literacy as the ability to read and write.[1] In the modern world, this is one way of interpreting literacy. One more broad interpretation sees literacy as knowledge and competence in a specific area.[2][need quotation to verify] The concept of literacy has evolved in meaning. The modernterm's meaning has been expanded[by whom?]to include the ability to use language, numbers, images, computers, and other basic means to understand, communicate, gain useful knowledge, solve mathematical problems and use the dominant symbol systems of a culture.[3] The concept of literacy is expanding across OECD countries to include skills to access knowledge through technology and ability to assess complex contexts.[4] 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 be regarded by the locals as illiterate.
The key to literacy is reading development, a progression of skills which begins with the ability to understand spoken words and decode written words, and which 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 readingfluency and comprehension.
Once these skills are acquired, a 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 and creative thought.[5][page needed] The inability to do so is called "illiteracy" or "analphabetism".[6]
Experts at a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) meeting have proposed defining literacy as the "ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts". The experts note: "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 and wider society".[7]

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Literacy
"Reading and writing" redirects here. For the journal, see Reading and Writing (journal).

World map indicating literacy rate by country in 2015 (2015 CIA World Factbook) Grey = no data

World illiteracy has halved between 1970 and 2015

Brain areas involved in literacy acquisition

Evidence of literacy in Chicago (1973)
Dictionaries traditionally define literacy as the ability to read and write.[1] In the modern world, this is one way of interpreting literacy. One more broad interpretation sees literacy as knowledge and competence in a specific area.[2][need quotation to verify] The concept of literacy has evolved in meaning. The modernterm's meaning has been expanded[by whom?]to include the ability to use language, numbers, images, computers, and other basic means to understand, communicate, gain useful knowledge, solve mathematical problems and use the dominant symbol systems of a culture.[3] The concept of literacy is expanding across OECD countries to include skills to access knowledge through technology and ability to assess complex contexts.[4] 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 be regarded by the locals as illiterate.
The key to literacy is reading development, a progression of skills which begins with the ability to understand spoken words and decode written words, and which 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 readingfluency and comprehension.
Once these skills are acquired, a 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 and creative thought.[5][page needed] The inability to do so is called "illiteracy" or "analphabetism".[6]
Experts at a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) meeting have proposed defining literacy as the "ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts". The experts note: "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 and wider society".[7]
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