Collocations withliteracy
These are words often used in combination withliteracy.
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adult literacy
Reconceptualizing adult literacy education and the digitial divide.
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basic literacy
The primary material aimed at basic literacy, while the other two packages were concerned more generally with 'knowledge about language ' (including grammar).
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critical literacy
The same absence of detail is evident in the consideration of aspects of critical literacy in practice (54-57).
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cultural literacy
In this fashion, learners might be able to progress toward a competent cultural literacy that is language-based.
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definition of literacy
Information is not available in the form and for the year requested, nor is there a standard definition of literacy.
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digital literacy
Yet, extensive digital literacy does not necessarily equate with musical or sonic literacy.
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early literacy
Does bilingualism matter for early literacy?
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emergent literacy
Student teachers begin to recognise the vital role of sociodramatic play in the development of emergent literacy.
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female literacy
We also note, although do not analyze, that islands have higher female literacy rates and higher levels of female economic activity.
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functional literacy
Second, in many developing countries functional literacy is much lower than recorded literacy, and it is often not clear which variable is actually being measured.
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importance of literacy
This episode shows the rising importance of literacy in the 1940s and 1950s.
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increasing literacy
Commercial entrepreneurs also began to take advantage of crucial technological advances and increasing literacy rates.
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information literacy
There is a strong focus on technology and information literacy skills as well.
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literacy activity
The monolingual children may also have more exposure to informal literacy activities than the bilingual children.
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literacy campaign
More than 2,500 primary school teachers were already employed in the literacy campaign.
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literacy class
But we may be getting closer to developing an accessible framework for the novice student academic literacy class.
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literacy instruction
These results have implications for general principles of literacy and literacy instruction.
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literacy programme
Women with no education as well as those who had attended a literacy programme also showed lower risk of divorce than women with primary education.
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literacy skills
It has become evident that the literacy skills taught in schools may not be relevant to everyday literacy tasks.
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literacy test
Numerous other words, such as "person," "state," "labor organization," "employment agency," "parent," and "literacy test," are carefully and specifically defined.
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media literacy
Linking critical literacy and media literacy in an academic preparation programme.
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musical literacy
They believe that the term 'musical literacy' is often misunderstood, and encourage the reader to think in terms of multiple literacies.
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national literacy
Despite significant increases in education budgets, especially at the provincial level, national literacy rates improved only modestly from 14.4 per cent to 19.7 per cent between 1895 and 1910.
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scientific literacy
The use of popular science articles in teaching scientific literacy.
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standard of literacy
Standards of literacy are generally rising, in the developed countries, so that it is nowadays much more difficult for 'illiterate' or 'semiliterate' people to achieve an acceptable standard of literacy.
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technological literacy
Their interests, literacy levels, technological access, and technological literacy will all factor into decisions about which media types will be effective for communication.
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visual literacy
The need for pre-literacy skills is stressed, echoing comments in other chapters regarding visual literacy.
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