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Tohme, Georges – 1990
In order to explain the role that the university can play in the struggle against illiteracy, a distinction must be made between "social" illiterate people, who are dominated by oral tradition, and functional, or "uneducated" illiterate people, who usually know how to read and write, but without having sufficient understanding…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, College Programs