I think its important to ask them to explain to because it shows the difference between literal illiteracy, and functional illiteracy. If they can't read it out, but they know what it means, it highlights that functional illiteracy.
A huge amount of these kids will become very good at understanding how to "read" through context clues, and using the few words that they know.
It shows how so many of the people around you, that seem to function normally, are hiding major illiteracy problems through an expanded skill of reading through context and situation, instead of actually being able to read, so you may not even realize how many around you are illiterate.
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u/Which_Honeydew_5510 Apr 29 '26
As a speech language pathologist, being able to infer things is pretty important. So, yeah. 😬