nonreading
- adjective
- /nɒnˈriːdɪŋ/
- The third "enemy" of literacy is the nonreading parent.
- millions of nonreading
- helps millions of nonreading
- nonreading women
Examples
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Children from nonliterate or nonreading families enter school at a great disadvantage, which only continues to increase as school work becomes more difficult (Park, 1987).
Academic text (1991) -
Now, we will donate 15 percent of sales to Literacy Partners, Inc., an organization that helps millions of nonreading women gain the literacy skills they need to help themselves and their families.
Fiction book (2001) -
Like the recording of musical material, this process is for immediate aid to the nonreading student, not a replacement for future independent access.
Academic text (2005) -
Children imitate parents, and a nonreading parent produces a non-reading child (Dodson, 1987).
Academic text (1991) -
Although children may have become skilled at generating inferences during nonreading activities, their word-recognition skills are not yet fully automatic and will share the same mental space required for inference generation.
Academic text (2014) -
Many of these students will become what Arthea Reed (1988) calls "reluctant readers, who are likely to become nonreading adults," or, worse, they will cease reading altogether (14-15).
Academic text (1994) -
Many children from nonreading families struggle in school because they lack basic literacy skills.
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The nonreading population often relies on visual or auditory information instead of written texts.
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Programs aimed at assisting nonreading adults provide crucial support for developing literacy skills.
Synonyms
Not able to read or write
How Reading-Related
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonreading uses the part non- meaning 'not' with reading from 'read', so it describes things or programs that do 'not involve reading' or are for people who cannot read. That's why a 'nonreading' curriculum is one made without reading tasks or for learners who do not read.