[ARH 301] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (26 pages long)

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Art History
• Course: ARH 301
• Professor: George Flaherty

Document Summary

Evaluation of 2nd article (cognitive and psycholinguistic skills of adults who are functionally illiterate: current state of research and implications for adult education. ) Purpose of article : to review empirical studies that have investigated the cognitive and language skills of adults who are functionally illiterate. 3 questions are addressed: what are the types of reading and spelling difficulties that characterize adults who are a- Thesis: cognitive and psycholinguistic skills are also huge factors in the functionally illiterate. Defining functional illiteracy - people who are functionally illiterate (a-il) may have some reading and writing skills but can only use written language to a limited extent . Evaluate: analyze, speak about the stats shown on the first page : in europe, it is thought to affect between 8% (sweden) and 40% (portugal) of the native population, according to the country (oecd and statistics canada, 2000).