When and where did I find this word?
I found this word in the Handbook of Reading Research in a scholarly paper on classroom language and literacy learning. The word is in the following sentence: Literacy confers on individuals' social identities as full participants in the larger sociocultural community and serves as an essential metacognitive tool for communication, because written language transcends immediate temporal and spatial constraints.
What does this word mean?
According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/, the term confer means to bestow from a position of superiority
What is my familiarity with the word?
I had seen the term prior to this assignment but I never knew its exact meaning.
Do I want to know this word and why?
I do want to know this word because it builds my vocabulary.
Do I want others to know this word?
I think that others will find this word useful.
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