James A. Smith, M.A.

Degrees

• M.A., Applied Linguistics, Northern Territories University, Australia, 2002
• B.Sc. (Honours), Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Surrey, UK, 1978

Current positions

• Certified Senior Literacy and Education Consultant, SIL International, 2012–
• Multilingual Education and Literacy Consultant, SIL Asia Area, 2003–

Other Professional experience and service

• Multilingual Education (MLE) Consultant/Trainer, Playschool Teacher Training Workshop, Sabah, Malaysia, 2011
• MLE Consultant, Mentoring and Consulting Development Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, 2011
• Evaluator, Dai 5-year Pilot Project, JingHong, Yunnan Province, China, 2011
• SIL International Literacy and Education Consultant, 2010–2011
• Lecturer/Tutor, MLE for Minority Language Contexts, European Training Programme (ETP), Horsleys Green, Buckinghamshire, England, 2010, 2011
• Lecturer/Tutor, Literacy and Education, M.A. Literacy Development  programme, ETP, Horsleys Green, Buckinghamshire, England, 2010
• MLE Consultant/Trainer, Kindergarten Materials Production Workshop for 5 Bidayuh languages, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2008
• MLE Consultant/Trainer, Primer Writing Workshop for 7 language groups, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2007
• Consultant/Organizer/Facilitator, First Malaysian Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (MIPCE), 2007
• Consultant/Trainer, Readiness Materials in Indigenous Languages Workshop, First MIPCE, 2007
• Multilingual Education and Literacy Consultant, SIL Malaysia Branch, 1996–2007
• Applied Linguistics Coordinator, SIL Malaysia Branch, 1996–2007
• Organizer/Facilitator/Participant, Maori Study Trip for the Indigenous Peoples of Malaysia, 2006
• Consultant/Trainer, MLE Materials Production Workshop for 5 language groups and 4 sponsoring Non-Governmental Organizations, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006
• Consultant/Facilitator, MLE Awareness and Motivation Seminar, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2006
• Trainer, Domain Dictionary Workshop, Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia, 2005
• Coordinator/Organizer, Sabah Lexicography Workshop for 16 language groups, Rampayan Laut, Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia, 2005
• Consultant/Trainer, Beginning Indigenous Writers’ Workshops series, Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia, 2004
• Literacy Instructor, Asia-SIL, Darwin, Australia, 2002
• Consultant/Presenter, Seminars/Workshops on translation principles, literacy issues, cultural anthropology and language learning, Caribbean Island Nations of Barbados, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, 2001

Professional membership

Society for Caribbean Linguistics

Language proficiencies

• English: ILR 5
• Malay
• Jamaican Creole

Research interests

• Multilingual education materials production in indigenous languages
• Orthography