Hello Ladies and Gentelmen
This the group of Civil Liberties and what we are actually working in the functional illiteracy. Acording to the Wikipedia dictionary functional iliteracy is: Functional illiteracy refers to the inability of an individual to use reading, writing, and computational skills efficiently in everyday life situations. Illiteracy is the inability to read or write simple sentences in any language. In simple words functional illiteracy is when you can easily read or write smth but in fact you don’t really understant what you are reading. So it is not a question of the ability to read but the ability to understand what you are reading.
Unlike an illiterate, one who is functionally illiterate is able to read and write text in his/her native language. However, he/she does so with a variable degree of grammatical correctness, speed, and style, and cannot perform fundamental tasks such as: filling out an employment application; following written instructions; reading a newspaper article; reading traffic signs; consulting a dictionary; or understanding a bus schedule. In short, when confronted with printed materials, adults without basic literacy skills cannot function effectively in modern society.
Functional illiteracy also severely limits interaction with information and communication technologies (i.e. using a personal computer to work with a word processor, a web browser, a spreadsheet application, or using a mobile phone efficiently).
Those who are functionally illiterate may be subject to social intimidation, health risks, stress, low income, and other pitfalls associated with their inability.
The correlation between crime and functional illiteracy is well-known to criminologists and sociologists throughout the world. In the early 2000’s, it was estimated that 60% of adults in federal and state prisons in the United States were functionally or marginally illiterate, and 85% of juvenile offenders had problems associated with reading, writing, and basic mathematics.
We as a group would appreciate very much if ypu could blog about this topic and if you have any information to share with us, please do it.
with respect
the “civil liberties” group.
One Comment
Hi, my name is Imo, with an I, obviously…
I wanted to work on the subject of functional illiteracy beacuse this is a major issue all around the world and it isn’t nearly as covered as it should be. our society turns away from reading in favor of activities which encourage the mental rest of the brain. Education is important and I think that the government should do something to contribute to the education of the nation, this could lead to an improvement of the society and life in general.
I really think this is important and that it should get more media coverage.
In addition I would like to say that when formulating the question I tried to add some statistical data, that could get the attention of the candidate, and we filmed in the library, the nest of education to contrast the theme of the question with it.