Cates and Cates 1981

Cates, Larry E., and Ann F. Cates. 1981. "An interest-oriented literacy program for the Nii people." READ: Promoting Literacy and Literature. Interest level: lay specialist.

Program grew out of a request by women who wanted

• to learn to sew
• to speak Tok Pisin
• to study the Bible, and
• to read and write.

Fifty-two women from three villages participated. Preparations included

• making a list of everything students would need to know to use the sewing machines
• deciding what they needed to learn in order to sew each item
• drafting patterns and making copies on heavy plastic, and
• making charts for students to follow in laying out their patterns on the fabric.

Literacy workers made a list of Scriptures about sewing, and Scriptures about the woman's role. They also prepared

• workbook pages
• a guide for the teacher, and
• a hymn book in Pidgin and Nii.

Before village classes began, six days were spent training instructors. Teachers continued to go twice a week for training after village classes started. Program was stimulating to students and challenging to local leaders who helped literacy workers direct it.

• Bibliography module: Cates and Cates 1981
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): C
• 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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