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  2. Functional illiteracy - Wikipedia

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    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] Those who read and write only in a language other than the predominant language of their environs may also be considered functionally illiterate in the predominant ...

  3. Deskilling - Wikipedia

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    The same arguments for and against deskilling-bias in technical change are made in 20th century, particular during the Ford presidency of the U.S. 1970's. Rather than industrial reform causing worker displacement, the exponential growth of the neoliberal economy and various innovations of technological advancements presented a contemporary form of skill-displacement.

  4. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    The way words are often used together. For example, “do the dishes” and “do homework”, but “make the bed” and “make noise”. Colloquialism A word or phrase used in conversation – usually in small regions of the English-speaking world – but not in formal speech or writing: “Like, this dude came onto her real bad.”

  5. Limited English proficiency - Wikipedia

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    Limited English proficiency is associated with poorer health outcomes among Latinos, Asian Americans, and other ethnic minorities in the United States. [9] Studies have found that women with LEP disproportionately fail to follow up on abnormal mammogram results, which may lead to increases in delayed diagnosis.

  6. College Graduates Suffer From a Lack of "Soft Skills"

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  7. Managers’ latest complaints about Gen Z: They lack soft ...

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    Soft skills might be more important than hard skills ... 55% of Gen Z employees said their lack of adequate interpersonal training makes them afraid of asking “dumb questions,” and 59% said ...

  8. Structural unemployment - Wikipedia

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    Structural unemployment is a form of involuntary unemployment caused by a mismatch between the skills that workers in the economy can offer, and the skills demanded of workers by employers (also known as the skills gap). Structural unemployment is often brought about by technological changes that make the job skills of many workers obsolete.

  9. Language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    For example, a child may correctly learn the word "gave" (past tense of "give"), and later on use the word "gived". Eventually, the child will typically go back to using the correct word, "gave". Chomsky claimed the pattern is difficult to attribute to Skinner's idea of operant conditioning as the primary way that children acquire language.