Unit 6: Selection Vocabulary 2

Some experts in literacy are here with you today. I think maybe everyone has at least one expert on literacy at their table, so I hope you'll get to know them and talk to them.

Across the globe, more than 800 million people are illiterate.

As part of the program, six American universities, minority-serving universities, have partnered with six African countries to produce and distribute 15 million primary school textbooks—that would be kindergarten through eighth grade textbooks—for African students.

Then, last month in Pakistan, I met with teachers and students involved in UNESCO and Children Resources International programs that improve teacher training and promote family literacy.

By demonstrating our commitment to literacy, we can let millions of people know that reading and writing are important.

Even a woman who had worked closely with an engineer on a research report rarely saw her name on the final publication.

The engineers assumed it didn’t matter; after all, she was just a woman, and many of the men were blind to the fact that a woman might have the same ambitions as a man.

A computer who could not only process data but also understand how to interpret it was more valuable to the team than a pool computer with more general knowledge.

The female computers on the ground verified the data transmitted from the instruments attached to the X-1 on its record-breaking flight.

She was excellent at abstract concepts and complex equations.