Representation of Some Categories About Literacy

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pm#en#Literacy //"pm#en#": English word+identifier, interpreted+represented by "pm" = pm#fr#Littératie-alias-lettrure_or_just_littérisme-alias-lettrisme, \. ne{ (Minimal_literacy_that_is_expected_at_the_end_of_primary-education-or-lower-secondary-education \. ne{ (Primary_literacy, = ^"Ability to read and write any simple statement concerning one's own everyday life", part of: Functional_literacy ) (Functional_literacy = ^"Ability to read and write in a way that is sufficient to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic level", \. (USA_NationalAssessmentOfAdultLiteracy#Literacy = ^"Ability to use printed and written information (e.g., newspaper articles, bus schedules, arithmetic operations in a product advertisement) to function in society, to achieve one's goals, and to develop one's knowledge and potential", part: 1..* (Numeracy = Quantitative_literacy ^"Ability to apply numerical concepts" ) ), part: ne{ 1..* ^"Ability to read and understand any statement (e.g. an instruction) concerning one's own everyday life, even if it uses simple numerical concepts, or learn how to do so by reading some documents" 1..* ^"Ability to fill a form or write a sentence (e.g. feedback, complaint) on any everyday matter, in at least one natural language" } ) } ) (Minimal_literacy_that_is_expected_at_the_end_of_secondary-education_in_a_developed-country_in_the_2020s part\. Minimal_literacy_that_is_expected_at_the_end_of_primary-education-or-lower-secondary-education Visual_literacy Media_literacy Computer_literacy Musical_literacy Healthcare_literacy, part: ne{ 1..* ^"Ability to correctly read and understand any meaningful 'visual or oral' text (e.g., definitions, instructions, queries; in at least one natural language) that use words which can be defined via concepts that one has been introduced to in high school, or learn how to do so by reading some documents" 1..* ^"Ability to write without semantically related grammatical errors any 'visual or oral' text one can read" } ) (Literacy_not_expected_at_the_end_of_secondary-education_in_a_developed-country_in_the_2020s \. Social-interaction_literacy (Information_literacy = fr#"Littératie_informationnelle fr#Infocompétence AssociationOfCollegeAndResearchLibraries#^"Ability encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning", AmericanLibraryAssociation#^"Ability to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information" ) (Transliteracy = fr#Translittératie ) Disaster_literacy Critical_literacy Linguistic_literacy (RitaBaleiro#Literary_literacy = ^"Ability to i. contextualize literary texts and their authors both historically and culturally, ii. present an interpretation as a coherent text, and iii. do and organize bibliographical research", part: 1..* High-school-diploma_minimal_literary-literacy_(2020s) ) Statistical_literacy Ecological_literacy (Basic_general_scientific-literacy name: en#"scientific literacy", \. (OECD#Scientific_literacy = ^"ability and willingness to engage in reasoned discourse about science and technology, requiring the competencies to i. explain phenomena scientifically (hence recognize, offer and evaluate explanations for a range of natural and technological phenomena), ii. evaluate and design scientific inquiry (hence describe and appraise scientific investigations and propose ways of addressing questions scientifically), and iii. interpret data and evidence scientifically (hence analyze and evaluate data, claims and arguments in a variety of representations and draw appropriate scientific conclusions)" ) (UnitedStatesNationalCenterForEducationStatistics#Scientific_literacy = ^"capacity to i. understand, experiment, and reason as well as interpret scientific facts and their meaning, ii. ask, find, or determine answers to questions derived from curiosity about everyday experiences, iii. describe, explain, and predict natural phenomena, iv. read articles with understanding of science in the popular press and engage in social conversation about the validity of the conclusions, v. identify scientific issues underlying national and local decisions and express positions that are scientifically and technologically informed, vi. evaluate the quality of scientific information on the basis of its source and the methods used to generate it, vii. pose and evaluate arguments based on evidence and to apply conclusions from such arguments appropriately" ) (NoamChomsky#Scientific_literacy = ^"capacity to effectively research matters of fact for themselves" ), part: 1..* High-school-diploma_related_literacy ) (Scientific-domain_literacy _(?domain) = "Basic_general_scientific-literacy + understanding of all the important concepts of the given parameter ?domain", part: 1..* Basic_general_scientific-literacy ) ) }.