Query on Literacy

[Kephart, Ronald]

On 4/26/07 6:00 PM, "Marcia Farr" <farr.18 at osu.edu> wrote:

> My question is, what are similar terms in other languages? For example, in
> Spanish the word _alfabetización_ connects literacy directly with (learning)
> the alphabet, and so to writing/reading. There is no term in Spanish, to my
> knowledge, for the other meaning in English (knowledge of or competence in)...
> 
For Spanish, what about "conocimiento?" I'm not a native Spanish speaker,
but I've read some linguistics in Spanish and I think this is the term (or
atleast one of the terms) that best translates "knowledge" or "competence."

Ron