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RE: Communicating with an audience of low literacy levels
Subject:RE: Communicating with an audience of low literacy levels From:"technical writing plus" <doc-x -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 10 May 2007 19:54:31 -0600
The comic book idea that has been proffered seems to be muy appropo. There
probably are many people out there who could provide you with related
helpful info - but I myself cannot. Can you give us some more details about
your target audience and the stuff that you want to convey?
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...creating an information booklet to inform and educate people about a
fairly abstract topic. Many of the readers have low literacy skills and
minimal experience with the English language. Are there were any strategies
that I could use to communicate an audience like this, aside from using
descriptive pictures and simple language?..
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