Bendor-Samuel D. and Bendor-Samuel M. 1983

Bendor-Samuel, David, and Margaret Bendor-Samuel. 1983.Community literacy programs in northern Ghana. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. (Review by Ford in JOALAL 7:67–69.) Interest level: specialist.

Goal of the programs was to start the ongoing progress for spreading literacy. Needed to develop a positive attitude toward literateness through

• training a sufficient number of literate people
• training teachers, and
• producing and distributing literature.

Gives guidelines for six-year programs; who was involved, when and where activities occurred, and how teachers and students were encouraged. Has three parts:

• Provides general background, describes the national and local setting of the language groups, and discusses the rationale of the project.
• Discusses organization and development, personnel, classes, materials, problems, and results.
• Gives an assessment of success or failure, key elements contributing to results, positive effects in regard to development, and suggestions for improvement.

• Bibliography module: Bendor-Samuel D. and Bendor-Samuel M. 1983
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): B
• In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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