Number 9 (1970)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Number 9 (1970). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1970 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

An adult literacy program: Central Tanzania 1955--1968, by Marian A. Halvorson

1. Vernacular program: Vernaculars as a bridge to literacy in Swahili

1.1. Drafting and testing of primers

1.2. Pilot project

1.3. Extension of the program

1.4. Teacher briefing courses

1.5. Stage two learning: Swahili

1.6. Pressures for beginning reading in Swahili

2. Swahili program: Transition to Swahili as medium of instruction

2.1. New learning materials in Swahili

2.2. Initial steps in primer revision

2.3. Initial testing

3. Classroom experiment in testing learning materials

3.1. Original plan

3.2. Materials

3.3. Summary of results and discussion

4. Extending results of the experiment

4.1. Class organization

4.2. Learning materials

4.3. Testing and evaluation

5. Language learning while acquiring reading skill

6. Other phases of Lit-Lit program

Back Matter

Reference

Materials for the bilingual schools of Ayacucho, by Nadine T. Burns

Word pattern approach in Kankanay, by Carolyn E. Kent

Introduction

Background

Theory

Readiness

Primers

Patterns

Mechanics of primer construction

Review pages

Function words

Grammar

Sample story from Primer III

Illustrations

Teacher's instructions

Testing

Observations

Conclusions

Back Matter

Appendix: Content of primers

Primer 1

Primer II

Primer III

A problem in Totonac orthography, by Margaret M. Wendell

Back Matter

References

Short notes, by SIL

Literacy by tape recorder

Highlander education project in South Vietnam

First, second, and third grades (5th, 4th, 3rd forms)

Results

Some of the expected benefits

Review: Analysis of oral reading miscues, by Sarah C. Gudschinsky

Review: National languages and languages of wider communication in the developing nations, by Sarah C. Gudschinsky