Number 60 (October 1989)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Number 60 (October 1989). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1989 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Report of the work of Group I (francophone): Problem studied: Attrition from literacy classes ^*, by Mme Ndella Diouf, Mfenda Marc Endaman, Samuel Nabine, Elisabeth Nganou, G. Jean Gabriel Tamini, and Martin Touali

1. Introduction

2. Attrition

3. Solutions

4. Plan of action

Toward local management of literacy programs, by Salifu Mogre

Community involvement in alphabet and material development, by Roberta S. Hampton

A practical contribution to the discussion on learning styles, by Constance Kutsch Lojenga

1. Learning styles

1.1. Cultural patterns

1.2. Cognitive styles

2. Reading materials

2.1. Adjusting to cognitive styles: Global lessons ³

2.2. Adjusting to the expectations of the people: Vowel teaching

2.3. Substitution and transformation reading drills

3. Conclusion

Adapting the Gudschinsky method to Sudanese languages, by Wanda Jane Pace

1. Introduction

2. Problems encountered

3. Changes suggested

4. Additional materials

Transition primers, by Constance Kutsch Lojenga

1. Target group

2. Different types of transition primers

3. Composing the lessons of the transition primer

4. Final remarks

The Kuo committees of Cameroon and Chad, by Cheryl Fluckiger

1. Introduction

2. Establishment of the committees

3. Function of the committees

Review: Guessing: Reading as prediction, by Olive A. Shell

Mali, by Lalla Aicha Ben-Barka

1. The higher training of neoliterates

2. Women's training in rural areas

A. The CMDT case

B. The UNICEF literacy project for women

Back Matter

References

Overview of literacy education in Kenya, by Martha G. Murai

EECMY literacy program, by Edossa Rumicho

1. Introduction

2. Literacy schools

3. Supervisors and teachers

3.1. Supervisors

3.2. Teachers

4. Reading rooms

The joint literacy project of the southern regional government 1976--1986: A critical review ^*, by Edward M. Bukulu

Introduction

1. The state of literacy in southern Sudan from 1898--1948

2. The years of political turmoil, 1955--1972, and the language question

3. The JLP, 1976--1986

3.1. Formulation of the (DSL) or JLP

3.2. Implementation and problems

3.3. Success or failure of the JLP

4. Concluding remarks

Back Matter

References