Illiteracy continues to be a concern for many countries in the world today. What are the causes of illiteracy in the modern world, and what effects does it have on the people concerned and on society as a whole?

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Illiteracy
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problem
has been
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still
existing
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in the
world
. Two main causes are appearing
illiteracy
, and there
is
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two effects. Perhaps
first
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major factor is school
not
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enough to be all individuals in the whole
world
. Some developing and the least developing countries may be
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concern
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illiteracy
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about illiteracy
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,
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because
that
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countries have less financeable to build a school
,
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and teach
write
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and read
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territories children. Another important issue is somewhere in the
world
people
are living ancient lifestyle which means that
people
live
like
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in
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a
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the
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13 th century or more under century and that individuals does not know read or write, science,
and
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or
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all
over
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other
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culture.
For instance
, in
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Australia
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some
island
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islands
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,
there
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have tribes, that
people
have
living
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ancient traditional
culture
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cultures
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and
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they did not use modern
world
language, technology and lifestyle.
Then
illiteracy
has what effects
on
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? First of all, development has depended by societies every individual. I believe that society is like a building. If
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construction level were built
good
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, that building would be useful and
good
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of good
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quality. That’s why some countries are less developed
while
others
high
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are highly
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developed
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is
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affected by
illiteracy
.
On the other hand
,
people
are discuss
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discuss
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problems and find solutions,
while
some individuals can not
be understand
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understand
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writing things
that
is
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hard to communicate
society
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with society
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.
Second
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effect,
tribe
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the tribe
a tribe
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is still
existed
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exists
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,
that
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and that
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culture may be can not connect to the modern
world
.
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, modern
world
individual
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individuals
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and
used
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those used
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to living
ancient
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in ancient
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tribe
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tribes
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people
are can not talk
,
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and do not understand.
This
means
world
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the world
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people
were divided by
illiteracy
.
To sum up
, not enough finance and ancient
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people
are
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created new problems of
illiteracy
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Literacy
  • Illiteracy
  • Poverty
  • Access
  • Educational resources
  • Social inequality
  • Discrimination
  • Gender disparity
  • Racial bias
  • Cultural norms
  • Technological advances
  • Political instability
  • Disruption
  • Education systems
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Job prospects
  • Health implications
  • Self-esteem
  • Empowerment
  • Economic growth
  • Social cohesion
  • Civic participation
  • Democratic processes
  • Exclusion
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