Building and Enhancing New Literacy Prelim Quiz 1

It is defined as the state of being able to read and write.

• Literacy

• Literature

• Literary

• Letter

It is the ability to recognize letters and words.

• Conventional literacy

• Basic literacy

• Comprehension literacy

• Functional literacy

He divides this concept of literacy into three sub-categories.

• Roberts

• Mkandawire

• Miller

• Shlecty

It is the state of being able to read, but not well enough to manage daily living and employment tasks.

• Basic literacy

• Basic illiteracy

• Functional literacy

• Functional illiteracy

He notes that “in the past fifty years, hundreds of definitions of ‘literacy’ have been advanced by scholars.

• Mkandawire

• Miller

• Schlecty

• Roberts

When was the word 'literate' first appeared?

• 14th Century

• 15th Century

• 16th Century

• 17th Century

Literate is derive from the word ____.

• Literratos

• Litterrattos

• Litteratus

• Literattus

He posits that literacy is “a form of knowledge, competence, and skills in a particular field or area.”

• Schlecty

• Mkandawire

• Miller

• Roberts

Based on this conventional view of literacy, what are the two things for reading to exist?

• Text and response

• Message and feedback

• Text and message

• Books and journals

We are communicating about more things than ever before.

• Increase Reach

• Increase Means of Communication

• Increase Breadth of Content