Number 30 (1980)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Number 30 (1980). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1980 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Literacy survey ^*, by Janice Walton

0. Introduction, by Kathy Bosscher

1. Procedure

2. Questions used in the five surveys

3. Evaluation of the data

4. Conclusion

Nonisolatability of vowels in Huichol and related literacy problems, by Barbara F. Grimes

Back Matter

References

A report of Mr. Joseph Sukwianomb's evaluation of SIL in Papua New Guinea, by Phil Staalsen

Which language for literacy?, by Mark Huddleston

0. Introduction

1. Goals of mass literacy

2. Education through a trade or national language

3. Education through the vernacular

4. Lessons from actual experience

5. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Prereading: A look at the programs of others, by Ronald Pappenhagen

Introduction

1. A complete literacy program

2. Goals of a prereading program

3. The prereading program

A. When to start

B. Two phases

4. Further areas to research for prereading programs

Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Adult vs. child learning in preliterate cultures, by Doris Pappenhagen

0. Introduction

1. Similarities in adult and child learning

2. What separates the adult from the child?

3. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Evaluation in reading readiness programs, by J. Albert Bickford

0. Introduction

1. Readiness skills

2. Evaluating readiness skills

3. Three particular skills

4. Summary

Back Matter

References

Review: Perspectives on nonformal adults learning, by Clyde M. Whitby