Designing printed materials

Each culture has its own ideas of beauty and balance and meaning. in the process of producing printed materials, you must rely on representatives of the local community to design or help design many of the materials you will need in a literacy program. They understand what is appropriate and pleasing to local people.

For speciallized materials such as primers, it is important to follow the format prescribed by the instructional program you are using. Even for these materials, however, local input is crucial.

1. Always keep in mind who will be reading the materials.
2. Decide on size, colors, illustrations, and other design elements.
3. Decide how to format the pages and text.
4. Consider using shell books.

• Task module: Designing printed materials
• 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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