Seldom-Heard Voices: Adult Literacy in the UK. A National Literacy Trust Research Report

Autor/inn/en	Teravainen-Goff, Anne; Flynn, Michael; Riad, Lara; Cole, Aimee; Clark, Christina
Institution	National Literacy Trust (United Kingdom)
Titel	Seldom-Heard Voices: Adult Literacy in the UK. A National Literacy Trust Research Report
Quelle	(2022), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Literacy; Risk; Literacy Education; Disadvantaged; Foreign Countries; Adults; Socioeconomic Influences; Reading Attitudes; Gender Differences; Barriers; Age Differences; Social Differences; United Kingdom (England); Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risiko; Ausland; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Reading behavior; Rading behaviour; Leseverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sozialer Unterschied
Abstract	The UK continues to face a huge adult-literacy challenge, with a sizeable percentage of the UK adult population having very low literacy skills. In addition to highlighting the literacy challenge in the UK, this report shows these individuals experience negative impacts on personal relationships, wellbeing, health, and education, as well as a greater risk of unemployment or being in low-paid work. In addition to many people struggling with low literacy skills, the report also showed that there are also many negative perceptions around, and attitudes towards, literacy. If more action is not taken to tackle low literacy in adults, there is the risk of perpetuating and reinforcing an intergenerational cycle of disadvantage. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01