In the United States, 20 percent of the adult population is marginally literate

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0 In the United States, 20 percent of the adult population is marginally literate. Of these roughly 30 million people, approximately 1.8 million are enrolled in 01u01b00basic skills literacy programs02b02u00. Webster's New World has created a dictionary that is uniquely designed to help these beginning readers.02br02br00What are these 01i00basic skills literacy programs02i00? 0-

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

0Programs to help them with the basic skills to attain literacy.02br
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00Help with reading and writing fundamentals.0-

Jackson6612 · Answer

0 Hi Barbara,02br
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00Is this really true that 20 percent of adult Americans are marginally literate? In a country like the US! 0-

BarbaraPA · Answer

0I was commenting on your specific question. I'm not famliar with this statistic otherwise.02br
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00A few google hits show the rate as anywhere between 80% and 99% literacy, depending on how it's defined. 0-

Clive · Answer

0Hi,02br
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00You might consider the term 'functional illiteracy', meaning a level of illiteracy that causes employment problems.02br
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00Have a look at 01a05000 02a02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0240hrefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_illiteracy

Jackson6612 · Answer

0 Thanks for the link, Clive. 0-

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