ILLITERACYBY VICKY CHAN AND SHANSHAN

WU

WHAT IS ILLITERACY?

Illiteracy is the inability to read and write.

There is about 1 billion of non- illiterate

adults today. That is 26 % of the world’s

population.

98% of the non- illiterates live in developing

countries.

TYPES OF ILLITERACY

Total Illiteracy: people who cannot read or write at all

Functional Illiteracy: People who can read and write on a limited level

Cultural Illiteracy: People who do not know or understand a common body of facts about one’s nation, state or even hometown.

Professional Illiteracy: People who concerns the language needed for special kinds of work.

The most common types of illiteracy are total and functional illiteracy.

WHAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO HAVE ILLITERACY?

There are many reasons that cause illiteracy such as: Poverty Lack of literacy within a family Learning disabilities such as dyslexia, central

auditory processing disorders and short term memory difficulties.

Health problems that cause absence from school

School system is not working well as it should.

Move from place to place so often that students cannot catch up.

RESULTS OF ILLITERACYWHAT HAD ILLITERACY CAUSE US?

Economic Suffering Low Productivity Industrial Accidents Poor Product quality

Political Suffering Illiterate people often helpless to understand

and voice their rights as citizen. They can be powerless to stop their nation from falling into hands of an oppressive or unstable government

Illiteracy costs the US more than $20 billion a year in diminished productivity, lost tax revenues, disability benefit paid in event of injury, and welfare payments.

PROBLEM

Should we continue to ignore this major global issue that costs economic, cultural and political problems? If not, how can we decrease the number of illiterate people to lower the costs and losses that results from illiteracy?

STAKEHOLDERSWHO AFFECTS THE PROBLEM AND THEIR

VIEWPOINTS

Illiterate people affects the problem. They feel hopeless and helpless to

understand and voice their rights as citizen. They feel left out, like they don’t belong in

their community. They have to rely on welfare for living, since

they are often jobless. They feel useless. They have low self-esteem.

STAKEHOLDERSWHO IS AFFECTED AND THEIR VIEWPOINTS Illiteracy affects everyone on Earth including us and the

illiterates. For example: Illiteracy decreases the chance of

employment; therefore, illiterate people commit crimes such as robbery for living. These victims could be us.

No matter what, the final outcomes will always affect us. Some people might feel angry that their lives is affected

by the illiterates, so they blame the illiterates. Some people might feel sorry for them While some others ignore the illiterates completely when

the they try to ask them for help Others listen and help them to feel better about

themselves

OUR VIEWPOINTS

We think illiteracy should not be ignored anymore. We need to tackle the issue as soon as possible

Its not too late to fix it. We should try to make the illiterates feel

better about themselves. We think everyone have the responsibility for

this troubling situation that had irritated many illiterates.

ILLITERACY RATES BY REGIONS

WORLD’S COUNTRIES LITERACY PERCENTAGE

SOLUTIONS

SOLUTIONS:

Improve the quality of education Give courses to illiterate people Making the spelling phonetic Order a national assessment

SOLUTION:IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION.Make education a higher standard. Make the education materials more advance.

Pros: Help the illiterates becoming more illiterate

which will lead to better job, higher self-esteem, might decrease robbery, etc.

Cons: It might be hard for some people to catch up if

the improvement went too fast.

SOLUTION: GIVE FREE COURSES TO ILLITERATE PEOPLE

Give courses to illiterate people to help them become more literate.

Pros: Help illiterate people become more literate

which means helping them to have a better future.

Cons: Giving courses to illiterate people might some

times cost a lot since it requires books and people to teach the illiterate people. The economy is very poor right now.

SOLUTION: MAKING SPELLING PHONETIC

Making spelling the way it sound.Pros: It allow illiterate people to learn spelling easily.

Cons: Basing the spelling the way it sound might

allow it to have many spelling and people might not know which word it meant.

SOLUTION: ORDER A NATIONAL ASSESSMENT

Ordering a national test/assessment that will help determine what each person need to learn.

Pros: Help students in the area they need so they

become more literate.

Cons: People might give up if they got a bad grade

on the assessment.

OUR SOLUTIONS

Increase the amount of educational programs for the illiterate people.

Increase school time.

OUR SOLUTION:INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE ILLITERATE PEOPLE.

Pros:Increasing the educational programs allowed

more people to become literate and help them have a better future.

Cons:Some educational programs might cost a lot

and the low income illiterate people might not be able pay for the program.

OUR SOLUTION: INCREASE SCHOOL TIME

Pros: More things can be learned each school year

with more time and it will help the students in the future with more knowledge.

Cons:Students might get very tired and not wanting

to learn because the school day or school year is too long.

STAKEHOLDERS: WHO AFFECTS THE SOLUTION AND THEIR VIEWPOINT

Volunteers who help to teach the illiterate people and help with the educational programs. They feel that helping people becoming literate can make the world a better place.

The government who provided some of the educational programs. Illiteracy had become a national issue.

Organizations that organized some educational programs for the illiterates. They feel that helping illiterates can help the world.

People who funded for the educational programs. They feel that funding for the illiterates will help them have a better future.

The people who did something for the illiterates.

STAKEHOLDERS: WHO IS AFFECTED BY THE SOLUTION AND THEIR VIEWPOINT

The illiterate people who learned how to read because of the solutions.

How are they affected: Higher self-esteem. Better job meaning higher salary. Feel better about themselves. Being literate can be less dangerous for them

because they can read signs.

WHICH ONE IS THE BEST?

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