Illiteracy 2) While the number of adults who remain illiterate are fewer than ever, it is becoming 1) .... clear that they are more than such people were in the past. Nowadays the written word is so important that without it much information that is vital for the running of our everyday lives becomes 3)...... .... Ashamed to admit it, illiterate adults often become 4) ................. to concealing their ignorance, and 5) many do so with remarkable success. This may be one of the reasons why Bristol's 'Literacy for You' scheme has been received rather less than 6).................. Not surprisingly, adults have some 7) ........ about ******** INCREASE CONVENIENT ACCESS CUSTOM SEEM ENTHUSIASM RESERVE coming forward and openly admitting that they find 8) a page of print COMPREHEND that a child of seven could read without effort. Programmes for teaching basic literacy skills to adults need to be sensitively assembled so as not to discourage or humiliate the learner, who is probably already experiencing high levels of frustration on a day to day basis Reading 2​