Il test in 5 domande per capire se sei un ANALFABETA FUNZIONALE

One in three Italians fails a reading comprehension test. Today we'll do it together: five texts, five questions, each with increasing difficulty, modeled after the OECD tests. We'll start with a clinic notice and end with Roberto Calasso, passing through a newspaper article, a contemporary novel, and Giovanni Verga. By the end, you'll know where you stand: among the 35% of Italians who get lost at the first few lines, or among the 5% who can handle any text, even the most complex. The first chapter on functional illiteracy is here 👉    • Analfabetismo funzionale: perché la tua is...   ✍️ Subscribe to the Prolisso newsletter. You can find it here 👉 https://substack.com/@andreapassador 📚 My novel Emme by Marcello https://amzn.to/4wgSzb6 (the text of the third question is taken from here) Books Rosso Malpelo: Verga https://link.amazon/B02pIf0ZY La rovina di Kasch: Calasso https://link.amazon/B0d7XV1uo As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. 📌 CHAPTERS 00:00 A test that one in three Italians fails 00:37 OECD data (and why we're getting worse) 01:58 Question 1 — Level 1: The notice 03:13 Question 2 — Level 2: The newspaper 04:50 Question 3 — Level 3: The novel 06:31 Question 4 — Level 4: Verga 08:15 Question 5 — Level 5: Calasso 10:26 The report card: where you fit on the OECD scale 📚 SOURCES AND READINGS — OECD, Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), second cycle, December 2024: In Italy, 35% of adults aged 16 to 65 are at Level 1 or lower in reading comprehension (OECD average: 26%); only 5% reach Level 4 (OECD average: 12%). In 2012, low performers were 28%. — The official PIAAC test items, declassified by the OECD and freely available: oecd.org/en/about/programmes/piaac/piaac-released-items.html — ISTAT, "Books and Libraries: Reading and Attendance Habits," July 2026: In 2024, 57.1% of people aged six and over read at least one book in the last twelve months (up from 59.4% in 2015). 🎙️ Verbose is the least listened to podcast in Italy. Let me know in the comments how many of them you got right and which question you missed—be honest, because your writing speaks volumes. Subscribe to the channel and activate the bell: three videos a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. #verbose #functionalilliteracy #reading #textcomprehension #books #OECD #verga #calasso