Leila Schroeder, M.A.

Senior Literacy and Education Consultant

Degrees

  • M.A., Urban Education/bilingual emphasis, California State University, Los Angeles, 1978
  • B.A. (Magna cum Laude), Elementary Education/ psychology emphasis, Biola University, 1972
  • Credentials

           Standard “Life” Elementary Teaching Credential, California

           Certificate of Proficiency - Spanish Language, California

           Specialist Credential - Bilingual/Cross Cultural Education,
           California

 

Current positions

  • Africa-Focused Language Program Services (AFLPS) Literacy and Education Consultant, SIL International, 2013–
  • Certified Senior Literacy and Education Consultant, SIL International, 2012–

Other professional experience and service

  • Literacy and Education Consultant, SIL Africa Area, 2008–2012
  • Literacy Consultant, SIL Africa Area, 2005–2012
  • SIL International Literacy and Education Consultant, 2008–2011
  • Literacy Consultant, SIL Uganda-Tanzania Branch, 2000–2007
  • Literacy Consultant (Advanced), SIL International, 2005
  • Literacy and Bilingual Education Specialist, Tharaka language project, BTL Kenya, 1998–2000
  • Instructor, English as a Second Language, Pan Africa Christian College, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Nairobi, Kenya, 1994–1996
  • Literacy Consultant, SIL East Africa Group, 2002–2003
  • Literacy and Bilingual Education Specialist, Bible Translation and Literacy (BTL) Kenya, 1997–2002
  • Instructor, Mega Literacy course, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Dallas, Texas, 1997
  • Guest lecturer, Vernacular Literacy class, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST), 1996
  • Instructor, Vernacular Literacy class, Pan Africa College, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Nairobi, Kenya, 1994
  • Assistant to Museum Director, International Museum of Cultures, Dallas, Texas, 1988–1990
  • Teaching Assistant, Literacy Materials course, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Dallas, Texas, 1986
  • Teaching Assistant, Literacy Materials course, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Norman, Oklahoma, 1982, 1983
  • Bilingual Teacher, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, La Puente, California. 1974–1981
  • Teacher/Bilingual Teacher, Coachella Valley Unified School District, Thermal, California, 1972–1974

Professional memberships

  • Comparative and International Education Society, 2010
  • International Reading Association, 2005

Language proficiencies

  • English: ILR 5
  • Spanish: ILR 3
  • Swahili: ILR 2
  • French: ILR 1+

Research interests

  • Relationship between orthography and reading process
  • Relationship between linguistic properties of languages and reading pedagogy
  • Transitional reading pedagogies
  • Common underlying proficiencies across languages that contribute to transfer of language skills in literacy domains
P.O. Box 44456
Nairobi 00100
Kenya
Publications:

Selected publications

Schroeder, Leila. To appear, 2013. Teaching and assessing independent reading skills in multilingual African countries: Not as simple as ABC. In Carol Benson and Kimmo Kosonen (eds.). Language issues in comparative education: Inclusive teaching and learning in non-dominant languages and cultures, 247–266. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Eaton, Helen, and Leila Schroeder. 2012. Word break conflicts in Bantu languages: Skirmishes on every front. Writing Systems Research 4(2):229–241.

Schroeder, Leila. 2010. Bantu orthography manual, rev. ed. SIL E-Books 9. Dallas: SIL International. http://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/9241.

Trudell, Barbara, and Leila Schroeder. 2007. Reading methodologies for African languages: Avoiding linguistic and pedagogical imperialism. Language, Culture and Curriculum 20(3):165–180.

Schroeder, Leila. 2007. Promoting cognitive development in children from minority language groups. International Journal of Learning 14(7). http://www.cgpublisher.com.

Schroeder, Leila. 2004. Mother-tongue education in schools in Kenya: Some hidden beneficiaries. Language Matters 35(2):376-389.

Schroeder, Leila. 2001. Mother-tongue education in schools in Tharaka language group of Kenya. Notes on Literacy 27(3):8–22.

Schroeder, Leila, and Ilene Foote. 2000. Documentation and assessment of a multilingual education program. In Stephen L. Walter, Patricia M. Davis, and Ronald Morren (eds.). Explaining multilingual education: Information on some tough questions, 177–210. Dallas: SIL International.

Other

Schroeder, Kent, and Leila Schroeder. 2012. PrimerPro, version 2. (Literacy software, available from authors.)

Schroeder, Leila. 2011. Not as easy as ABC. Paper presented at Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Montreal, Canada. May 3, 2011.

Schroeder, Leila, Catherine Kitetu, Joyce Wangia, Hellen Inyega, Ruth Ndungu and Elizabeth Orenge. 2009. Teacher training manual for multilingual education. Unpublished manuscript.

Schroeder, Leila. 2008. The Bantu orthography manual. Paper presented at International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA) Conference, Essen, Germany. August 26, 2008.

Works by this author in SIL Language & Culture Archives