Monthly Archives: August 2010

Literacy is the ability to comprehend writtten and spoken language.

Literacy consists of both the ability to comprehend written material as well as produce it.

While sitting in class I contemplated the difference between comprehending and understanding in relation to literacy and concluded that literacy is a much more complicated word than I have ever considered. In my response in class I stated that literacy … Continue reading →

Literacy is the ability to read/write within one’s language and to fully understand every aspect of said language.

Literacy means the ability to decode written or verbal words for meaning as well as to express one’s self through written or verbal word.

Literacy is the ability to both understand and produce language through the acts of reading and writing.

Literacy is knowing language and being able to apply it in the world through writing, reading, and communicating.

Literacy is a standard of fluency for most–if not all–forms of communication.

Literacy is the ability to understand a language enough to comprehend written work, through reading, and also to express oneself through writing.

Literacy is the bare amount of knowledge an individual must possess in a given field, whether it be language, technology, science, etc., in order to participate actively (as opposed to passively, e.g., listening without understanding) in said field.