Funktionaler Analphabetismus und Alphabetisierung in der beruflichen Bildung

In 2010, the leo.-Level-One study on functional illiteracy attracted a lot of attention. The study revealed the immense extent of inadequate literacy among adults and diagnosed functional illiteracy in around 7.5 million people of working age in Germany. This article provides an overview of the research on low literacy among adults and presents the vocational training system as a place of promotion and literacy. For this purpose, functional illiteracy with its signs, causes and manifestations on the one hand, and aspects of promotion of literacy in vocational training on the other hand, will be examined. Furthermore, selected projects and methods for dealing with low literacy are presented and assessed.