functionally illiterate

ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl.i ɪˈlɪt.ər.ət
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Translation of functionally illiterate from English into Dutch

Adjective

education

lacking reading and writing skills for daily tasks
  • Many adults are functionally illiterate despite attending school.Veel volwassenen zijn functioneel analfabeet ondanks dat ze naar school zijn geweest.
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Examples of functionally illiterate in a sentence

  • Being functionally illiterate can make everyday tasks challenging.

Translations of "functionally illiterate" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
functioneel analfabeetadj.

One in six of the world's population are functionally illiterate.

Op mondiale schaal is één op de zes mensen functioneel analfabeet.

Your file says you were functionally illiterate when you confessed to the murders.

In je dossier staat dat je functioneel analfabeet was toen je de moorden bekende.

Nearly half of all American adults-90 million people-are functionally illiterate.

Bijna de helft van alle Amerikaanse volwassenen - 90 miljoen mensen - zijn functioneel analfabeet.

Your file says you were functionally illiterate when you confessed to the murders.

In je dossier staat dat je functioneel analfabeet was toen je de moorden bekende.

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Other translations for functionally illiterate:

  • ongeletterdadj.
  • analfabeten
  • laaggeletterd

functionally illiterate: Examples and translations in context

And there is a new problem: many migrants and asylum seekers, able to read and write their own languages, are often functionally illiterate in the principal language of their host country.

Er is een nieuw probleem: veel migranten en asielzoekers kunnen hun eigen taal wel lezen en schrijven, maar zijn vaak functioneel analfabeet in de voornaamste taal van hun gastland.

While levels of outright illiteracy in Europe are low, a worryingly high proportion of the population of some of the richest countries in the world have poor literacy skills - they are 'functionally illiterate'.

Echte analfabeten zijn er in Europa maar weinig, maar een zorgwekkend groot percentage van de bevolking van enkele van de rijkste landen ter wereld scoort laag waar het gaat om geletterdheid: zij zijn "functioneel analfabeet".

Urges the Member States to set up special educational programmes for immigrants in view of the fact that the overwhelming majority of immigrants are functionally illiterate in the basic language of the host country

spoort de lidstaten, overwegende dat de overgrote meerderheid van de migranten functioneel analfabeet is in de basistaal van het gastland, aan om specifieke onderwijsprogramma's voor migranten op te stellen

Ole Hemmingsholt was so troubled at learning that an estimated 700,000 of his Danish countrymen were functionally illiterate, he made it his life's mission to provide an effective educational method that has now helped thousands throughout Europe.

Ole Hemmingsholt was zo verontrust toen hij erachter kwam dat naar schatting 700.000 van zijn Deense landgenoten functioneel analfabeet waren, dat hij het tot zijn levensmissie maakte om een effectieve onderwijskundige methode te geven waarmee nu duizenden mensen in heel Europa zijn geholpen.

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