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letramento funcional

English translation: functional literacy

11:35 Sep 18, 2020
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / alfabetização
Portuguese term or phrase: letramento funcional
O nível de letramento funcional em saúde apresentou associação com variáveis demográficas.
Marilena Wanderley Pessoa
English translation:functional literacy
Explanation:
Functional illiteracy consists of reading and writing skills that are inadequate "to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic level".[1] Functional illiteracy is contrasted with illiteracy in the strict sense, meaning the inability to read or write simple sentences in any language.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_illiteracy
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Mark Robertson
Local time: 22:26
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4 +3health literacy / functional literacy
Bruno Santos
5functional literacy
Mark Robertson


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
health literacy / functional literacy


Explanation:
Referência: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/s...

Bruno Santos
Brazil
Local time: 18:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tereza Rae: The term used here in Canada is functional literacy. I voted for you because you posted 2 minutes ahead of Mark.
28 mins
  -> Thank you, Tereza!
agree  Fernando Barros
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Fernando!
agree  Susana Ferreira: health literacy
6 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Susana!
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
functional literacy


Explanation:
Functional illiteracy consists of reading and writing skills that are inadequate "to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic level".[1] Functional illiteracy is contrasted with illiteracy in the strict sense, meaning the inability to read or write simple sentences in any language.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_illiteracy

Mark Robertson
Local time: 22:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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