Growing up I had a uncle who could not read or write.
That must have been challenging for him. Was it something that y'all all knew, or was it a well-known "secret"?
The concept of literacy is expanding in OECD countries today. But it was well known he was like that
What is OECD? And did he ever learn to read and write?
The key to literacy is reading development and OECD is the term for learning adults I think.
Ah! And yes to reading. Would any of your uncle's kids or family read to him?
language-underpinnings including awareness of speech sounds (phonology), spelling patterns (orthography), word meaning (semantics), grammar (syntax) and patterns of word formation (morphology), all of which provide a necessary platform for reading fluency and comprehension.
Once these skills are acquired, a reader can attain full language literacy, which includes the abilities to apply to printed material critical analysis, inference and synthesis; to write with accuracy and coherence; and to use information and insights from text as the basis for
lengths. After the race Casey said "He kept coming for me today and he was very good. The horse is very well in himself and we always knew he had the ability to win a race like this. I know he stays all day so I though I would put it up to Beef or Salmon and see what happened". Mullins reiterated his belief that the gelding had "a huge engine", but admitted that "jumping is just not his forte".
At the Cheltenham Festival in March,