nonreader

Thân thiện

A young nonreader looks at a picture book with a teacher.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person unable to read: An individual who lacks the skill of reading, often due to a lack of instruction, learning difficulties, or other barriers to literacy.
   • A student who is very slow in learning to read: A learner, typically in an educational context, who progresses at a significantly slower pace than peers in acquiring reading skills.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The literacy program aims to help adult nonreaders gain basic skills.
  • As a teacher, she provides extra support to the nonreaders in her class.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in educational, sociological, and policy discussions to describe populations or individuals for whom reading is not a functional skill.
• It can carry a neutral, descriptive tone but may be perceived as overly blunt in some contexts; terms like "struggling reader" or "pre-literate" are sometimes preferred for the second definition.

Variants and Related Words

• Illiterate (adj/n): Lacking the ability to read or write. (This is a broader and sometimes more severe term than ).
• Aliterate (adj/n): A person who can read but chooses not to. (This is distinct from a , who lacks the skill).

Synonyms

• Illiterate person
• Struggling reader (for the second definition)
• Pre-reader (often for a young child not yet reading)

Antonyms

• Reader
• Literate person

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person unable to read
2. a student who is very slow in learning to read

Từ đồng nghĩa

• illiterate
• illiterate person