Illiteracy is the lack of ability to read and write. Unfortunately, illiteracy is spreading extensively worldwide. 26% of the world’s adult population is non-literate. Niger and Mali had the highest illiteracy percentage in 2016 due to the UNESCO literacy report. An increase in illiteracy rate should not be ignored; there are a lot of effects that are based on illiteracy, which will decrease the country’s development. Poverty, learning disabilities, parent with little schooling; are all causes that lead to illiteracy.
The term “poverty” nowadays does not only mean people are not getting what they want, but actually means people are not being able to get what they need from living essentials. Sadly, living in a cruel environment, person witnesses …show more content…
Children with reading disabilities face a lot of difficulties while reading and writing. In the article, “Learning Types of Reading Disabilities”, Louisa Moats (2015) have made a lot of effort to understand some of the deficits that early learners face; therefore, she categorized them into three different categories, which are phonological deficit, orthographic deficit, and comprehensive deficit. Dyslexia and Hyperlexia are two disorders that reach children due to any of those deficits. Dyslexia is known by difficulty in reading, which is very dangerous because sometimes it is not recognized until middle age. Hyperlexia is another disorder, which is less common than Dyslexia but have similar effects. Due to a research done in 2015, one out of every ten people in the United States are illiterate, and three quarters of those people are dyslexic. Due to this fact, one can infer that reading disorder is a problem that cannot be ignored. Unfortunately, few parents recognize their kids’ problem from the beginning and find their cure, the majority continues on their low reading and learning level guessing they are not intelligent. Thus, illiteracy increases largely without even
The term “poverty” nowadays does not only mean people are not getting what they want, but actually means people are not being able to get what they need from living essentials. Sadly, living in a cruel environment, person witnesses …show more content…
Children with reading disabilities face a lot of difficulties while reading and writing. In the article, “Learning Types of Reading Disabilities”, Louisa Moats (2015) have made a lot of effort to understand some of the deficits that early learners face; therefore, she categorized them into three different categories, which are phonological deficit, orthographic deficit, and comprehensive deficit. Dyslexia and Hyperlexia are two disorders that reach children due to any of those deficits. Dyslexia is known by difficulty in reading, which is very dangerous because sometimes it is not recognized until middle age. Hyperlexia is another disorder, which is less common than Dyslexia but have similar effects. Due to a research done in 2015, one out of every ten people in the United States are illiterate, and three quarters of those people are dyslexic. Due to this fact, one can infer that reading disorder is a problem that cannot be ignored. Unfortunately, few parents recognize their kids’ problem from the beginning and find their cure, the majority continues on their low reading and learning level guessing they are not intelligent. Thus, illiteracy increases largely without even