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A correct use of the term "post-literate" has to do with the fact that a great many educated adults are a-literate - that is, they can read but choose not to.
Criticizing the person versus criticizing the idea Clark Aldrich 2005
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"I'll be helping with strategies and the specifics to support that struggling reader or that an a-literate student who is not interested in reading text."
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Americans who are seen not as illiterate, but "a-literate".
Latest Articles The Trinidad 2010
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"Regrettably in South Africa, and elsewhere, there is a growing number of a-literate people, people who can read and write but who don't read.
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