What is the most considerate way to know if a parent is literate?

Good evening all! My mom is a fifth grade teacher and about 80% of her students speak either Spanish or Swahili at home. I speak Spanish, so I often help translate at parent-teacher meetings for the parents who only speak Spanish.During the beginning of the year meetings last month, there were two parents/guardians who could not read or write in Spanish. I didn’t know this, and part of the process was giving them forms (in Spanish) to review. They both later told me that they don’t know how to read, so I read through the forms with them, no issue. But I’ve felt kind of bad that I just assumed that they were literate. On one hand, I don’t think I should have assumed that they were all literate (it probably takes a lot of courage and could be embarrassing to have to bring up the fact that they’re illiterate, especially in front of their kid). On the other, asking if they know how to read at the beginning of the meeting seems like it could come across as demeaning or presumptuous.Has anyone experienced a similar dilemma? What have you found to be the most compassionate approach?TL/DR: What is the most compassionate way to find out whether parents of students are literate? via /r/ESL_Teachers https://ift.tt/3nVkCK1