Adult illiteracy is not only a local issue it is a global issue. ... In 1991, the National Literary Act defined literacy as "having an ability to read write, speak English, compute and solve problems to achieve and function in a job and in society (Amstutz and Sheared, 2000 p. 157). ... Another factor is that illiteracy is passed down through generations. ... New Techniques to Fight Illiteracy At least $1 billion is needed to eradicate illiteracy by 2015. ... Illiteracy is problem that looks to never being solved. ...

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The medieval manorialism fostered illiteracy and ignorance and a very narrow view of the outside world, people did not question their place, the church, or the need to prepare for the after life. ... Humanism is thought to be the most significant and defining intellectual and literary movement of the Renaissance. ... This, later in life, would dominate his writing in which his sonnets, written in vernacular Italian, would help define Italian as an accepted language. ...

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