Illiteracy in the Hispanic Community. Statement of Francisco Garza, Legislative Director, National Council of La Raza, Before the Subcommittee on Post Secondary Education of the House Education and Labor Committee [microform] / Francisco Garza and Lori S. Orum.

Substantial numbers of Hispanic Americans cannot complete school or compete effectively for jobs because of less than adequate literacy in English. Before anything can be done about this, our definitions of literacy and illiteracy need to be reworked. The conventional definition of literacy as the c...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Authors:	Garza, Francisco, Orum, Lori S. (Author)
Corporate Author:	National Council of La Raza
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1982.
Subjects:	Adult Literacy. Definitions. Elementary Secondary Education. English (Second Language) Functional Literacy. Hispanic Americans. Illiteracy. Language Proficiency. Spanish Speaking.