5 Points

1. The enterprise of defining literacy, therefore, becomes one of assessing what counts as literacy in the modern epoch in some given social context4

2. Litearacy as adaption is the metaphor that is designed to capture concepts of literacy that emphasize its survival or pragmatic value.The necessity for literacy skills in daily life is obvious; on the job, riding around town, shopping for groceries, we all encounter situations requiring us to read or produce written symbols

3. The possibilities and limits of the literacy-as-power metaphor within our present-day social and political structure are not at all clear. o what extent can instructional experiences and programs be lifted out of their social contexts in other countries and applied here.

4. The term sounds elitist and archaic, but the notion that participation in a literate -- that is, bookish -- tradition enlarges and develops a personís essential self is pervasive and still undergirds the concept of a liberal education. the notion that literacy per se creates a great divide in intellectual abilities between those who have and those who have not mastered written language is deeply entrenched in educational circles of industrialized countries.

5. Literacy is not a necessity for personal survival. Commonly they engage in extensive personal correspondence, which for some involves the composition of thirty to forty letters per month.