functional literacy

collocation in English

meaningsoffunctionalandliteracy

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functional
adjective
uk
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/
designed to be practical and useful rather ...
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literacy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪt.ər.ə.si/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.si/
the ability to read ...
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(Definition offunctionalandliteracyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffunctional literacy

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Second, in many developing countriesfunctionalliteracyis much lower than recorded literacy, and it is often not clear which variable is actually being measured.
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Furthermore, the level offunctionalliteracyin the two languages turned out to be significantly related.
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Factor analyses were also conducted, clustering the scores on the tasks for school literacy andfunctionalliteracyin either language.
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Individual chapters addressfunctionalliteracy, critical literacy, literacies, and issues of language choice for literacy instruction and use.
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Modeling and promotingfunctionalliteracy.
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Modeling and assessingfunctionalliteracy.
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If it does not give them paper qualifications, it should help with theirfunctionalliteracyand numeracy.
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We must look also at population policy developed in the context of effective primary health andfunctionalliteracyprogrammes.
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For those who wanted to study further, he built afunctionalliteracyschool.
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The main branch coordinates a literacy program for adults needingfunctionalliteracyupgrading.
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Party would like to give special focus to adult literacy from the age of 15-to-30 and invest resources to providefunctionalliteracyto them.
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Taking special interest infunctionalliteracy, he organized 15 centers at which children aged 5 to 12 are taught to read, write and do simple arithmetic.
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Thefunctionalliteracymaterials were initially developed in 1981 following an extensive field research and was radically revised on the basis of field experience and field findings in 1990.
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