What is functional literacy?

A functional literacy approach is a method used to teach people how to read well enough to function in a complex society.

Functional literacy incorporates reading materials that relate directly to community development and to teaching applicable or useful life skills.

• Concept module: functional literacy
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): F
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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