What are literacy skils?

Literacy skills, especially reading and writing skills, need to be learned together, because one reinforces the other. Every reading approach should teach these skills in some way or another.

Literacy skills are those skills which enable a learner to read and write with independence, comprehension and fluency.

Here are some examples of literacy skills:

• Fluency skills
• Reading readiness skills
• Reading skills
• Writing skills

See the following online book for more information:

• Literacy primers: The Gudschinsky method, Chapter 1.3 Goals and skills

• Concept module: literacy skills, by Delle P. Matthews (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (contributor), and Leah B. Walter (contributor)
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): L
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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