Sentence examples for literacy circles from inspiring English sources
Precisely because Chavez was such a charismatic figure, the most startling fact about his Venezuela is usually overlooked – the upsurge of revolutionary grass-roots activism all over the country: hundreds of radio stations set up, popular councils, peasants' co-operatives, literacy circles, committees to bring water to shanty towns, a buzz of activity in place of despondency.
Sponsored by United Way of New York City and Skanska USA, the festival will celebrate literacy with reading circles, arts and crafts and the Walking Alphabet, a spelling game.
The report calculates that 39% of people 75 and over have below basic health literacy -- they can circle the date of a medical appointment, and not much else.
As Bob McCannon, the leader of the New Mexico Media Literacy Project, notes, "whenever media literacy educators get together, they always circle the wagons-and shoot in!" Much media literacy education is actually anti-media indoctrination rather than an attempt to develop the skills and competencies needed to function meaningfully in the current media environment.
The tests - or new nationalised standard assessments as they are described in Scottish government circles - will concentrate on literacy and numeracy and look at health and wellbeing.
Due to the low literacy of the population, participants pointed to a circle indicating "agree" or a square indicating "disagree".
