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Los Angeles Addresses Low Literacy Levels

Some two-million residents are unable to read a map, which puts them at the lowest end of the ________ scale. Another one-and-a-half million are unable to write a letter to complain to their local utility about a billing error.

Los Angeles is a magnet for immigrants, and Los Angeles city councilman Eric Garcetti says many lack fluency in spoken and written English. He adds that some are ________ in their native language. Mr. Garcetti represents a district that includes Hollywood, known as the historic home of the movie industry. It has wealthy hillside ________ and many less-expensive neighborhoods filled with immigrants.

 
 
     
literacy   The ability to read or write
     
illiterate   Unable to read or write
     
enclave   A country or part of a country lying wholly within the boundaries of another.
     
     
 
 
 

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