Question above is pretty blunt but was doing a study for a college course and came across that stat. How is that possible? My high school sucked but I was well equipped even with that sub standard level of education for college. Obviously income is a thing but to think 1 out of 5 American adults is categorized as illiterate is…astounding. Now poor media literacy I get, but not this. Edit: this was from a department of education report from 2022. Just incase people are curious where that comes from. It does also specify as literate in English so maybe not as grim as I thought.
For a start, consume exclusively English (or whatever other language you might want to learn) media! Try to minimize consuming media in your native language and focus only on the language that you’d like to learn.
English is one of the more beginner-friendly languages to learn and should be a breeze for you to master if you regularly consume English media, such as YouTube, TV-shows, books and, most importantly for me, games!
Do this and you’ll significantly improve your English skills in a year to a few years. Happy studyin‘ ❤️🫘
Thanks for the pointers! For context, English is my only language, but the premise applied to other languages is the same, so thanks!