Number 32 (1980)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Number 32 (1980). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1980 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Readability of materials, by Barbara Casebolt

0. Introduction

1. Description

1.1. Definition of readability

1.2. Factors affecting readability

2. Measurement of readability

2.1. Subjective

2.2. Question and answer

2.3. Formulae

3. Principles of clear writing

4. Applications to preliterate societies

4.1. Importance in literacy

4.2. Applications of formulae

5. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Cham literacy: The struggle between old and new (a case study) ^*, by Doris E. Blood

1. Background

2. The problem

3. The course of events

4. The outcome

5. Evaluation

How literacy work began among the Cuiva, by Isabel Kerr

0. Background

1. The first glimmer of interest

2. Changes in lifestyle

3. Linguistic and sociolinguistic aspects

4. Distribution of materials

5. Ongoing program

The ideal orthography ^*, by Amy Bauernschmidt

0. Introduction

1. Factors to be considered when forming an orthography

1.1. Linguistic factors

1.2. Psycholinguistic factors

1.3. Sociolinguistic factors

1.4. Practical factors

2. General principles in the choice of symbols

3. A few reminders about symbols

4. Recommended symbols for orthographies in Mexico

4.1. Acceptable symbols for vowels

4.2. Modification of vowels

4.3. Acceptable symbols for consonants

4 4. Modification of consonants

4.5. Miscellaneous orthographic problems

5. Stages in orthography approval

5.1. Tentative orthography

5.2. Working orthography

5.3. Established orthography

6. Files and goals

Historical roots of the Gudschinsky method of teaching reading ^*, by Betsy Edwards

Back Matter

References

Guahibo newspaper in the jungle, by Betty Blair