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LITERACY DEFINED



OBJECTIVES

After going through this module, you should be able to:

1. Have a working knowledge of literacy;

2. Cite ways on how you can assist in promoting literacy;

3. Recognize the current literacy situation, including issues and

concerns of the country; and

4. Affirm positive attitude to help the country raise the literacy

status by planning and cooperating with government or non-government organizations in the conduct of literacy projects and

programs.



DID YOU KNOW THAT…

Some people in the world are literate? They can read and write.

Others cannot read nor write. They are illiterates.

Take a look at the chart below.

China, 20.10%

India, 30.99%

Sub-SaharanAfrica, 15.34%

Arab States,6.73%

Southern Asia,12.95%

EastAsia/Oceania,

5.63%

Latin

America/Caribbean, 4.74%

Other, 5.63%

WHERE THE PEOPLE CAN’T READ Distribution of illiteracy



There are at least one billion non-literate adults

(persons 15 years old and above) in the world

today.Ninety-eight percent of all non-literate are in

developing nations.

Two-thirds of all non-literates are women.

One-half of all non-literate are in India and

China.

It is estimated that 30-50 million people are

added each year to the numbers of non-literates.



Twenty-seven percent of all adults are non-

literate.

Africa, as a continent, has a literacy rate of lessthan 50 percent.

Worldwide, the percentage of adult illiteracy is

declining, but the absolute number if non-

literates is increasing.

In the poorer nations, population growth is

believed to be a primary source of growth in the

number of non-literates.



ACTIVITY 1

WHAT DO I KNOW?

Can you list some things which you think a literateperson can do and which an illiterate cannot or may not be

able to do?

A literate person can….

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An illiterate person cannot….

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United Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization (UNESCO) says…

people who are literate can do the following,

which an illiterate cannot or may not do, through they

survive, they are clearly and unquestionably,

disadvantaged in relations to those who can read and

write, and have access to the world of print:

1. Read the labels on can and boxes of food

2. Read a bus or train schedule

3. Look up numbers in a telephone directory4. Read a contract, a health insurance form, a deed,

or a waiver

5. Read a map when they are lost



6. Read medical directions

7. Help their children with homework

8. Read the menu in a restaurant

9. Read road signs get a job requiring reading and

writing

10. Read warning labels on poisons and pesticides11. Read a letter from a relative or friend and

response

12. Keep their own accounts, etc.



WHAT DO I WANT TO KNOW?

What is LITERACY?

Literacy has been defined and understood in so

many ways. Traditionally, it is viewed as the ability to uselanguage-to read, write, listen, and speak. However,

literacy involves much more than reading and writing.



UNESCO (1999):

“Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret,

create, communicate and compute, using printed and written

materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves

a continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his

or her goals, to develop his or her knowledge and

potentials, and to participate fully in the wider society.”

Take a look at these definitions.



Heath (1983):

“Literacy in the “real world” involves such things as

reading signs, advertisements, and bumper stickers,

writing letters, reading newspaper and magazines, and

giving oral and written messages to others or leaving

them for oneself.”

These definitions show that literacy is more than just

reading and writing. It is a set of skills and a way of being ,a manner of carrying out social transactions and

developing oneself required for active citizenship .



What are the different kinds and levels of literacy?

What follows is one way of looking at the level of skill

one attains.

Technical Literacy

Functional LiteracySurvival Literacy

Basic Literacy

Initial Literacy



Andy, a preschool in a Day Care Center, readily associates AN D Y with his name. When he sees this word he blurts out“ Ako yun!”

Andy demonstrates initial literacy level skill.

Initial literacy refers to the ability to write one’s own name. Itincludes an awareness of the learner that written symbols

have messages to convey.

Berto, a street vendor, shows basic literacy skills when hefollows street signs such as “Bawal Tumawid.Tumawid saTamang Tawiran.”

Basic literacy refers to the ability to read and write, read andinterpret a short simple sentence on everyday life.



Dindo, a high school dropout, wants to find a job. Hebought a newspaper and looked in the Classified Adssection. By doing this, he showed he has Survival Literacy

skills.

Survival literacy refers to the ability to read, write and

comprehend texts n familiar subjects and to understandwhatever signs, labels and instructions and directions arenecessary to get along within one’s environment.

Dina is a high school student. She does part-time job in a fast

food center. She is a cashier. She can read orders. She cancompute. She is functionally literate.



Functional literary is the possession of skills perceived

as necessary by particular persons or groups to fulfill

their own-self determined objectives on a higher level.

Mr. Reyes is an engineer. He wants to keep on learning

about his job as an engineer. He reads books like

“Constructing a 100 Story Building.” He is technicallyliterate.

Technical literacy is the acquisition of a body of theoretical

or technical knowledge and the development of problem-

solving capacities within that specified field like engineering,

medicine, education, aeronautics.



The Literacy Coordinating Council enumerates that …

It is a tool for empowering ourselves and our communities.

It can free us from many personal, economic and social

constraints by helping to …

eradicate poverty;

reduce child mortality;

curb population growth;

achieve greater equality;

make participation in all social, economic, and political processes

possible;

ensure sustainable development, peace and democracy; and

ENHANCE OUR CAPACITY TO LEAD A FREE AND MORE

FULFILLED LIFE.

Why should we promote literacy?



One example of the importance of promoting literary is

that of the charges that took place in Kenala, India.Female and child mortality rates declined dramatically in

the 1960’s when girls became literate.

Can you imagine a mother who cannot even readmedicine labels?

What do you think will happen if drivers cannot read

and interpret traffic signs?



WHAT DID I LEARN?

Activity 1

Directions: What is referred to in the sentence that follows?Choose your answers from the list in the box.

Basic literacy

Functional literacy

Initial literacy

Literacy for the New Literacy Studies

researchers

Literacy in modern context

Literacy required

Survival literacyTechnical literacy

Traditional definition of literacy

UNESCO



1. _____________ is the ability to identify, understand,

interpret, create, communicate and compute, using

printed and written materials associated with varying

contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning toenable an individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop

his or her knowledge and potentials, and to participate

fully in the wider society.

2. _____________ is the ability to write one’s own name. 3. _____________ is the ability to read, write and

comprehend texts on familiar subjects and to understand

whatever signs, labels and instructions and directions are

necessary to get along within one’s environment.

4. _____________ is the possession of skills perceived as

necessary by particular persons or groups to fulfill their own-

self determined objectives.



5. ____________ is the ability to read and write a short

sentence on everyday life.

6. ____________ is the acquisition of a body of theoretical or technical knowledge and the development of problem-solving

capacities within that specified field.

7. ____________ is not autonomous or a set of discrete

technical and objective skills, such as reading and writing,that can be applied across context. Instead what counts as

literacy is determined by the cultural, political, and historical

contexts of the community in which it is used. Definitions of

literacy are based on ideologies.

8. ____________ is the ability to use language-to read, write,listen, and speak.



9. ___________ the word means reading and writing in a

level adequate for written communication and generally a

level that enables one to successfully function at certain

levels of any modern society, thus literacy plays a role inproviding access to power.

10. __________ is the literacy level required for any given

social context and which might, therefore, change over time,

place, and social condition.



1. _______ UNESCO argues that literacy is not autonomous

or a set of discrete technical and objective skills, such as

reading and writing, that can be applied across contexts.

Instead what counts as literacy is determined by the cultural,

political, and historical contexts of the community in which it

is used.

2. _______ Technical literacy is the literacy level required for

any given social context and which might, therefore, changeover time, place, and social conditions.

3. _______ Literacy has been defined and understood in so

many ways.

Activity 1.1

Directions: Write True if the sentence tells something correct

and write False if the sentence tells something wrong.



4. _______ The ability to write one’s own name is among

the skills in the initial literacy.

5. _______ Survival literacy is the ability to read, write andcomprehend texts on familiar subjects and to understand

whatever signs, labels, and instructions and directions are

necessary to get along within one’s environment.

6. _______ Basic literacy is the literacy level required for

any given social contexts and which might, therefore,change over time, place, and social condition.

7. _______ Literate people can be trained less expensively

than illiterate people.



8. _______ Functional literacy is the possession of skills

perceived as necessary by particular persons or groups to

fulfill their own-self determined objectives.

9. _______ In modern contexts, the word literacy means theability to use language-to read, write, and listen.

10. ______ Literacy in the “real world” involves reading

signs, advertisements, and bumper stickers, writing letters,

reading newspapers and magazines, and giving oral and

written messages to others or leaving them for oneself.

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