What is cultural literacy and why is it important?

Question

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Answer 1

From the reference below:



"Cultural literacy is the ability to converse fluently in the idioms, allusions and informal content which creates and constitutes a dominant culture. From being familiar with street signs to knowing historical references to understanding the most recent slang, literacy demands interaction with the culture and reflection of it. Knowledge of a canonical set of literature is not sufficient in and of itself when engaging with others in a society, as life is interwoven with art, expression, history and experience. Cultural literacy requires familiarity with a broad range of trivia and implies the use of that trivia in the creation of a communal language and collective knowledge. Cultural literacy stresses the knowledge of those pieces of information which content creators will assume the audience already possesses."

Answer 2

Importance Of Cultural Literacy

Answer 3

Cultural Literacy is about understanding each other and where we come from, as well as where we are going. Every person has a different culture to them, some connect and some differ. It is important because it allows them to communicate effectively and share in their society s that constitutes ones own culture to another culture.

Answer 4

Everywhere we go, Maths is used... when we buy stuff, sell stuff, count how much of a certain "stuff" we want. Think of it this way, you wouldn't be able to say I'd like 2 Mars Bars, a can of coke and 5 Milky Ways if you didn't have Math. Maths has ALWAYS been around... so it's not a question of who invented it, but who refined it and made obvious theories... and I can think of the greeks, back in the olden days. We study it becase its findemental... to get good jobs etc... because people see it as an important skill they need to get by. Hope that helps...