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Download full textDaniell, Beth – 1984
A number of issues must be considered if those in the profession are to construct a theoretically and pedagogically sound definition of literacy as a word and a concept. The profession agrees that literacy is the encoding and decoding of meaning, but there is little agreement on the term "meaning." Sociolinguists define literacy as a cluster of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cultural Influences, Definitions, Economics
