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professora alfabetizadora

English translation: literacy teacher/instructor

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Portuguese term or phrase:professora alfabetizadora
English translation:literacy teacher/instructor
Entered by: Eneida Martins

14:37 Sep 9, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Portuguese term or phrase: professora alfabetizadora
Person who teaches one how to read and write. Can I refer to her as a "teacher of literacy"?? Is there a more specific word?
Thanks a lot!
Eneida Martins
Brazil
Local time: 23:23
literacy teacher/instructor
Explanation:
You were correct-the commonly used term is literacy: teaching people to read and write.

I include a Web site for adult literacy.

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Note added at 3 days 1 hr 54 mins (2005-09-12 16:32:00 GMT) Post-grading
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glad I could help
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j.cordeiro (X)
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4literacy teacher/instructor
j.cordeiro (X)
4 -1alphabetizing teacher
Clauwolf


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
alphabetizing teacher


Explanation:
:)
Alphabetizing Teacher and Informatics Teacher: LOGO language. Performance in the
municipal and private net (1980 to 1991) Informatics Teacher of CEPIC/SEMEC ...
www.portoalegre.rs.gov.br/fme/interna. asp?proj=224&secao=642&offset=60 - Resultado Adicional - Páginas Se

Clauwolf
Local time: 23:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): certainly not...why do you quote all these Porglish sites?? Sabe o que quer dizer"Uma professora que poe coisas em ordem alfabêtica.. haha. You think I must a course like this? What is that?
1 hr
  -> I think you must a course like this...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
literacy teacher/instructor


Explanation:
You were correct-the commonly used term is literacy: teaching people to read and write.

I include a Web site for adult literacy.

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Note added at 3 days 1 hr 54 mins (2005-09-12 16:32:00 GMT) Post-grading
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glad I could help


    Reference: http://ncal.literacy.upenn.edu/index.html
j.cordeiro (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): Absolutely
2 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Heloísa Ferdinandt: Either literacy teacher or instructor, depend on his/her education and/or position level.
11 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
30 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Fiona Stephenson
2 hrs
  -> thank you
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