Introduction to language in its social context. Methodological and theoretical approaches to sociolinguistics. Linguistic variation in relation to situation, gender, socioeconomic class, linguistic ...

Literacy promotion programs, combined with community-based support programs, can affect literacy development in Latino children from birth to 18 months of age, Rutgers researchers have found.

Faculty and graduate students in the Literacy Studies program study and design literacies in print and multimodal modes and in varied contexts. Literacies are framed as central to envisioning and ...

While financial literacy tends to be greatest among baby boomers and the Silent Generation, the average percentage of questions answered correctly is nonetheless only 55% among each. Among Gen X, Gen ...

The American College of Financial Services just released its fourth Retirement Income Literacy Study. Every three years in the past decade The College has conducted a comprehensive survey of ...

A program that taught basic financial concepts through two-minute stories improved adults' financial knowledge, showing promise as an easy-to-implement real-world tool. Poor financial literacy is a ...

A new survey of adult English language literacy finds that significant numbers of Americans face obstacles to their economic and social advancement because of reading difficulties. The U.S. Department ...

A large national survey of Korean adults shows that inadequate health literacy is linked to higher rates of tobacco use, ...