Fundamental Skills: Basic literacy involves reading, writing, speaking, and listening to understand and communicate information, such as filling out forms or reading signs.
Functional Literacy: The ability to use reading and writing skills in everyday life, at home, or on the job to function effectively in society.
Broadened Definition (Modern): Beyond simple reading/writing, literacy now includes digital skills, media literacy, numeracy, and critical thinking in an information-rich world.
Contextual Understanding: Literacy involves understanding social, cultural, and technical contexts, making it a “toolset” rather than just a single ability.
Specialized Literacies: The term often extends to specific knowledge domains, such as computer literacy, financial literacy, or health literacy
It’s reading and comprehension
Which is not the definition of iliteracy
Key Aspects of Literacy:
Fundamental Skills: Basic literacy involves reading, writing, speaking, and listening to understand and communicate information, such as filling out forms or reading signs.
Functional Literacy: The ability to use reading and writing skills in everyday life, at home, or on the job to function effectively in society.
Broadened Definition (Modern): Beyond simple reading/writing, literacy now includes digital skills, media literacy, numeracy, and critical thinking in an information-rich world.
Contextual Understanding: Literacy involves understanding social, cultural, and technical contexts, making it a “toolset” rather than just a single ability.
Specialized Literacies: The term often extends to specific knowledge domains, such as computer literacy, financial literacy, or health literacy
https://nces.ed.gov/naal/fr_definition.asp
Iliteracy - the inability to read and write