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Re:Nearly half of adult Canadians struggle with literacy by zo1 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:17AM (#25831458)
Does it include "reading comprehension"? I understand being able to read and write, but understanding what you're reading should be part of it I think.

And I don't mean "deep thought" level critique and understanding. More like following a paragraph and understanding what is being said.

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Re:Nearly half of adult Canadians struggle with literacy by wzel on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:38AM (#25831612)
> Does it include "reading comprehension"?

"Literacy"? Not really. AFAIK, there's the "functional literacy" term for that.

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Re:Nearly half of adult Canadians struggle with literacy by coldtea on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @06:31AM (#25832394)
What good is literaracy (alone) without reading comprehension?

Being able to read road signs and the like?

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Re:Nearly half of adult Canadians struggle with literacy by wzel on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @08:56AM (#25833406)
I'd say that there can be degrees of reading comprehension, and I tend to view functional illiteracy as literacy attrition, kind of secondary illiteracy. I guess it's useful to distinguish it from strict illiteracy (somebody not having learned how to read in the first place), as it requires a different kind of treatment, even if the symptoms of both are similar.
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