[AAACE-NLA]literacy defined

[Elsa Auerbach]

I guess this means that Plato wasn't literate (didn't speak English). Here we go again: officially, only those with English proficiency are literate. Elsa Auerbach

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> From: 	Frances Keenan
> Reply To: 	aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
> Sent: 	Monday, May 19, 2003 5:49 PM
> To: 	aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
> Subject: 	[AAACE-NLA]literacy defined
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> Official definitions of literacy have changed over the decades, whether
> to adapt to the changing complexity of our society or to set the stage
> for a national survey such as the NALS (just two examples).
> 
> The definition of literacy that is in HR 1261 is as follows:
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> " the term `literacy' means the ability to read, write, and speak the
> English language with competence, knowledge, and comprehension;"
> 
> Leaving aside for the moment the odd concept of speaking English "with
> comprehension," does this definition express where we are in 2003 with
> our understanding of what adult literacy is?  (It may be hard to find a
> definition everyone feels is broad enough.)
> 
> For comparison, the definition in the current WIA:
> The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 defines literacy as "an
> individual's ability to read, write, speak in English, compute and solve
> problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in
> the family of the individual and in society." 
> 
> I can't at the moment seem to put my hands on the definition of literacy
> from the National Literacy Act of 1991 (that established the National
> Institute for Literacy) but I thought it was broader.
> 
> For more on literacy definitions and the NALS, see NIFL's site
> http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/faqs.html#literacy
> 
> Fran Keenan
> PBS Adult Learning Service
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David J. Rosen [mailto:DJRosen at theworld.com] 
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 4:11 PM
> To: aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
> Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA]House language on NIFL
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> AACE-NLA Colleagues,
> 
> That Web address won't work.  Instead, go to:
> 
> http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html
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> type in h.r. 1261 , click on version 3, then scroll down Title II, 
> Chapter 4, Part B, "National Institute for Literacy"
> 
> David J. Rosen
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> David J. Rosen wrote:
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> > AAACE-NLA Colleagues,
> >
> > You might be interested in reading the language of H.R. 1261.  You
> > will find it at:
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> > http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c108:3:./temp/~c108JFjbe7:e17839
> > 6:
> >
> > David J. Rosen
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