As Mr. Goodman says, visual literacy courses do indeed help children learn "how to tell a commercial from a news story."

Mr. Luna said he had not taken literacy courses in either language at the time because "I didn't know there were any."

The research recommendations included incorporating mother-tongue material in literacy courses for children.

Basic training has been expanded to include required literacy courses for recruits who don't already know how to read.

In 2007, this program expanded to free computer and adult literacy courses to the underserved population of Monrovia.

The military and national police are also provided with mandatory literacy courses.

Before long she was teaching literacy courses, drawing on her experience on John's Island.

His hieroglyphics literacy courses had gone to Sha'uri and some of his brighter students.

The women can take literacy courses; learn about business planning, social organizing and community management.

Attending a literacy course generally has less impact on earnings.