Number 13 (1972)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Number 13 (1972). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1972 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

The importance of naturalness in literacy materials, by Barbara E. Hollenbach

1. The Trique view of language

2. The phonological structure of words

3. The syntactic structure of utterances

4. The paragraph and discourse structure

5. Lexical collocation

Back Matter

References

Worksheets for literacy primers, by Sarah C. Gudschinsky

0. Introduction

Theoretical background

1. Orthography and spelling

Worksheet 1: The script and spelling

Worksheet 2: Teaching the script

Worksheet 3: Steps in the construction of literacy primers

Worksheet 4: The first lesson

Worksheet 5: Primer lessons after the first one

Worksheet 6: Stories for the primer

Worksheet 7: Checklist for primer lessons

Worksheet 8: Charting primer progression

Worksheet 9: Outline of the teacher's guide

Worksheet 10: Teaching syllables from the blackboard

Worksheet 11: Teaching grammatical elements from the blackboard

A Wolaamo fable: The editing of oral literature, by Bruce Adams

Examples of corrections of obvious errors

Examples of stylistic changes

Examples of content editing

Questions for further investigation

Bibliographical notes, by Sarah C. Gudschinsky

1. Publications of the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior

2. Publications of the International Reading Association