Editing the content of literacy materials

Content editing refers to checking literacy materials to make sure that what has been written is accurate, clear, and appropriate for the intended audience.

• Make sure the subject matter and the way it is presented fits the audience for which it is intended.
• Be sure the content is culturally, politically, and ideologically appropriate and does not offend, shame, or ridicule anyone.
• Check to see that new ideas and words are explained or illustrated so that readers can understand them.
• Make sure that facts are accurate.
• Check to see that everything is included to make the material complete and useable.
• Make sure that information is accurate and consistent.
• Make sure there are no conflicting or ambiguous statements.

• Task module: Editing the content of literacy materials, by Leah B. Walter (compiler) and Trudy Stewart (compiler)
• In task module: Editing literacy materials, by Leah B. Walter and Trudy K. Stewart (editor, compiler)
• In task module: Producing printed materials, by Anne Klaassens (contributor), Robin Rempel (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor, contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), Diane Wroge (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Developing instructional materials, by Trudy K. Stewart, Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt (contributor)
• In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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