Literacy

Literacy is the ability to read and write. In modern context, 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 a society.

External links

• www.theliteracysite.com
• Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network - Mandate is to generate, integrate and disseminate bias-free scientific research and knowledge that is focused on improving and sustaining children's language and literacy development in Canada.
• literacyonline.org
• Poverty, Racism and Literacy. ERIC Digest.
• Literacy Interventions in Low Resource Environments: An International Perspective. ERIC Digest.
• Literacy in SIL - Promotes literacy in minority languages.
• REAL: Youth to Youth - Supports literacy in rural India.
• Computer program for teaching literacy
• Illiteracy in the Arab world
• - LINCS: Literacy Information and Resources
• - National Adult Literacy Agency, Ireland.
• - Rereading Toronto, promoting literacy by reusing, recycling, and rereading learning materials