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You're going to read about people who can't read and write. Thinking about
the topic of a reading exercise may help you to predict some of the ideas and
vocabulary that will be in the text. Think about the topic of reading and writing
using the questions below.
1 In your country, are there many adults who can't read and write?
2 What are the reasons why some adults can't read and write?
3 What problems do adults have when they can't read or write?
4 How can adults get help with reading and writing?
The text on Literacy has six paragraphs, labelled A-F. Read the text and answer
the questions below.
Questions 1-6
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.
List of Headings
i Early mention of the problems
ii The link between adult and child literacy
iii A new attempt to improve literacy
iv The great variety of reading material
v Present levels of adult illiteracy
vi Lack of progress
Write the correct number i- vi for each paragraph.
Paragraph
A……………
B……………
C……………
D……………
E……………
F……………
LITERACY
A We live in an age when we are surrounded by information. Apart from
information in notices, books and newspapers, we receive information in our
email, from the Internet, and from text messages on our mobile phones. So it is
ironic that with so much information available to us, more people than ever
before are unable to access it because they are not able to read and write.
B Adult literacy is a very important, but often overlooked part of any basic
education programme. Most programmes focus on children, but research and
experience show that if children come from homes in which the adults have low
literacy skills, those children will have a very high chance of becoming low -literate adults themselves.
C The number of illiterate adults in the world is now over 900 million, nearly
equivalent to the population of India. Two out of every three of those adults are
women. That shocking figure gets worse if you include individuals who are not
completely literate, so they lack the level of skill required to be succe ssful in the
family, at work, and in the community.
D The international community has been calling attention to the problem of
illiteracy for a long time. As early as 1948, education was among the basic human
rights included in the United Nations Universa l Declaration of Human Rights.
More recently, at a meeting of the World Conference on Education in 1990, it
was stated that 'illiteracy is a significant problem in all countries, industrialised
and developing'. Delegates to the meeting agreed to try and re duce the adult
illiteracy rate to one -half of its 1990 level by the year 2000, and to reduce the
difference between male and female illiteracy rates. The goal was repeated at
various conferences throughout that decade.
E However, by the end of the century statistical evidence showed that efforts to
improve literacy were still failing. Although some progress had been made, 113
million children still remained out of school and although the overall numbers of
literate adults had risen, many remained illiterat e.
F At the beginning of the new millennium, an organization called the World
Education Forum published six education aims. These range from providing care
and education in early childhood, to improving the quality of all aspects of
education. One of its goals was a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult
literacy by 2015, especially for women. In addition, in 2001 every member of the
United Nations General Assembly voted to call the years 2003 to 2012 'the
Literacy Decade'.
Complete the summary using the most appropriate verb from the box below.
Remember to change the verb to the correct form.
Although there 1 ............ a lot of written information around us, large numbers
of people 2 ............ still unable to read and write. There are more illiterate
females than illiterate males and children whose parents are illiterate often 3
...... ...... illiterate adults themselves. Although governments generally 4 ............
the problem and frequently 5 ............ new measures to deal with it, little has
changed over more than fifty years. Universal literacy will not happen overnight,
but it is a process which 6 ............ serious commitment.
be (x2) agree recognize involve become
the topic of a reading exercise may help you to predict some of the ideas and
vocabulary that will be in the text. Think about the topic of reading and writing
using the questions below.
1 In your country, are there many adults who can't read and write?
2 What are the reasons why some adults can't read and write?
3 What problems do adults have when they can't read or write?
4 How can adults get help with reading and writing?
The text on Literacy has six paragraphs, labelled A-F. Read the text and answer
the questions below.
Questions 1-6
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.
List of Headings
i Early mention of the problems
ii The link between adult and child literacy
iii A new attempt to improve literacy
iv The great variety of reading material
v Present levels of adult illiteracy
vi Lack of progress
Write the correct number i- vi for each paragraph.
Paragraph
A……………
B……………
C……………
D……………
E……………
F……………
LITERACY
A We live in an age when we are surrounded by information. Apart from
information in notices, books and newspapers, we receive information in our
email, from the Internet, and from text messages on our mobile phones. So it is
ironic that with so much information available to us, more people than ever
before are unable to access it because they are not able to read and write.
B Adult literacy is a very important, but often overlooked part of any basic
education programme. Most programmes focus on children, but research and
experience show that if children come from homes in which the adults have low
literacy skills, those children will have a very high chance of becoming low -literate adults themselves.
C The number of illiterate adults in the world is now over 900 million, nearly
equivalent to the population of India. Two out of every three of those adults are
women. That shocking figure gets worse if you include individuals who are not
completely literate, so they lack the level of skill required to be succe ssful in the
family, at work, and in the community.
D The international community has been calling attention to the problem of
illiteracy for a long time. As early as 1948, education was among the basic human
rights included in the United Nations Universa l Declaration of Human Rights.
More recently, at a meeting of the World Conference on Education in 1990, it
was stated that 'illiteracy is a significant problem in all countries, industrialised
and developing'. Delegates to the meeting agreed to try and re duce the adult
illiteracy rate to one -half of its 1990 level by the year 2000, and to reduce the
difference between male and female illiteracy rates. The goal was repeated at
various conferences throughout that decade.
E However, by the end of the century statistical evidence showed that efforts to
improve literacy were still failing. Although some progress had been made, 113
million children still remained out of school and although the overall numbers of
literate adults had risen, many remained illiterat e.
F At the beginning of the new millennium, an organization called the World
Education Forum published six education aims. These range from providing care
and education in early childhood, to improving the quality of all aspects of
education. One of its goals was a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult
literacy by 2015, especially for women. In addition, in 2001 every member of the
United Nations General Assembly voted to call the years 2003 to 2012 'the
Literacy Decade'.
Complete the summary using the most appropriate verb from the box below.
Remember to change the verb to the correct form.
Although there 1 ............ a lot of written information around us, large numbers
of people 2 ............ still unable to read and write. There are more illiterate
females than illiterate males and children whose parents are illiterate often 3
...... ...... illiterate adults themselves. Although governments generally 4 ............
the problem and frequently 5 ............ new measures to deal with it, little has
changed over more than fifty years. Universal literacy will not happen overnight,
but it is a process which 6 ............ serious commitment.
be (x2) agree recognize involve become