Question

What is the difference between initial literacy and functional literacy?

Answer 1

Answer:

Functional illiteracy is reading and writing skills that are inadequate "to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic level".[1] Functional illiteracy is contrasted with illiteracy in the strict sense, meaning the inability to read or write simple sentences in any language.

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Explanation:

Initial reading literacy development constitutes one of the key pillars of primary school education. ... Its main principle is literacy approach to initial reading and writing