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‘A literacy can be basic.’

[⟨det literacy.n⟩ basic.a]

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In Wikipedia:

The curriculum they teach – which includes basic literacy and Lao history – as well as the medicine they practice (Western medicine and traditional herbal remedies have replaced the sale of blessed amulets and other spiritualist cures) are controlled by the government.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

However, even in a state that gets top marks for our system of standards and assessments, the tests are largely measures of basic computation and memorization skills, basic literacy, and some common content.
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In Wikipedia:

The curriculum of primary schools in Guyana is designed to impart basic literacy and numeracy skills, and also aims to prepare students for secondary education.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The major goals of primary education are achieving basic literacy and numeracy.
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In Wikipedia:

The phrases of basic literacy is also of Turkic origin.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Mercy Learning Center provides basic literacy and life skills training to low – income women in the Greater Bridgeport Area.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Curtis argues that parents’ resistance was motivated by a radical transformation in the intentions of schools – a change from teaching basic literacy to molding social identity.
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In the British National Corpus:

The two main tasks of acquiring oral/aural competence and achieving basic literacy are dealt with in the course’s two parallel streams.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It was created with the idea that all children, regardless of their location need to acquire the basic Literacy, Language, Mathematic, Physical, Intellectual, Cognitive, Emotional and Social Skills in order to be prepared for the learning environment established in Preschool and / or Kindergarten.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

(0) The Welcome Overstayed (0) The Future of Indecision (0) The Basic Literacy of the McCain Campaign (1)
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Now though, setting up a blog so easy that people only require basic technological literacy to do it.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

1) For education this means the public funding of transferable skills only and continued training until individuals reach a level of basic literacy and numeracy skills where they can actually get a job.
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In Wikipedia:

The “Mississippi Freedom Summer” of 1964 brought thousands of idealistic youth, black and white, to the state to run “freedom schools”, to teach basic literacy, history and civics.
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In the British National Corpus:

At grade four (the level at which basic literacy is supposed to be achieved), in forty-one out of 189 schools, there was not a single English reader.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Just as basic literacy means more than just decoding alphabetic symbols, digital literacy involves more than the mere ability to use software or operate a digital device; it includes a variety of technical, cognitive, social and emotional skills which users need in order to function effectively in a digital environment.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

For years he has conducted a public lecture series that promotes basic architectural literacy.
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In Wikipedia:

However, there were some limited achievements – one, typical of totalitarian regimes, basic literacy, being achieved in this period by adult literacy campaigns (literacy jumped to over 90 % in the period), second, the expansion of co – ed education, and third, minority education (especially in Hungarian – something that will disappear afterwards and reappear only after 1990).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

(0) The Future of Indecision (0) The Basic Literacy of the McCain Campaign (1)
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Queried on 2013-05-22.