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Record 1 2013-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Continuing Education
DEF

Someone who can read and write.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éducation permanente
DEF

Personne qui sait lire et écrire; d'après analphabète.

OBS

Termes recommandés par le Réseau des traducteurs et traductrices en éducation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Educación permanente
CONT

Un individuo alfabetizado no es necesariamente un individuo letrado; alfabetizado es aquel que sabe leer y escribir; el individuo letrado, o individuo que vive en estado de letramiento, no es solo aquel que sabe leer y escribir, [sino aquel que] practica la lectura y la escritura [y que] responde adecuadamente a las demandas sociales de la lectura y de la escritura.

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