Nicht So Gut: 7.5 mln Germans 'functionally illiterate'

To become one of the world's industrial titans you need a work force that's ready for anything, but grim statistics in the heart of Europe show millions of adults are being left behind because they have trouble reading and writing.

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[2ranirs]

Official Danish surveys suggested that roughly 4-6% of ethnic Danes in Denmark are illiterate after exiting public school (age 15-16). The percentage of illiterate ethnic Middle Easterners in Denmark after exiting public school is +60%. Say I'm wearing a tinfoil hat as much as you want, but I think I know why there are so many illiterates in Germany...

[BestRetardEver]

Probably Turks 

[Pascoal Freitas]

shut up, vandal!

[Alphabetisierung]

7,5 million adults aged 18-64 who SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND german are functionally lilliterate. 58% of those illiterates with first language german and 42% with a foreign language.

[thegreendestiny]

Germans? I doubt. Most probably Turkish immigrants.

[ZeusTilemaxos]

Funny...Yet they make fun of Greeks who have a 98% Litteracy rate of the oldest continuous language in the world

[RancheroBFT]

Most of those 7.5 are probably immigrants. Real Germans are most likely the minority in this statistic

[Lintflas]

Dear RT, try to read this German proverb:

"Wer im Glashaus sitzt, sollte nicht mit Steinen werfen"

English: "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"

PS: What about the illiteracy rate in Russia?

[Loup Kibiloki]

One learn to read by reading. To write, by writing. Preferably, a lot, in both cases. Audio & video dominance of today aren't conducive to that kind of? practice. It won't improve, except for those individuals who really fall in love with long pieces of good written material that will be appealing to them, captivate their mind. They will learn fast. All the rest is audiovideorature ..