Special Issue 3 (1987)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Special Issue 3 (1987). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1987 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

What we have learned about learning ^*, by Patricia M. Davis

1. Introduction

2. Learning is conditioned by student's expectations

2.1. The concept of how one should learn

2.2. The concept of time

2.3. The concept of color

2.4. The concept of computation

2.5. Concepts concerning work

2.6. Concepts regarding competition

2.7. Concepts regarding questions

3. Learning is conditioned by traditional learning strategies

3.1. Traditional learning strategies in Australia

3.2. Traditional learning strategies in Amazonia

3.3. The difficulty of teaching generalization

4. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Cognition and Amerindian students of linguistics, by Beatrice Myers

1. Introduction

2. Background information

3. Top-down processing

4. Phonology

5. Grammar

6. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Sociolinguistic and other aspects influencing the Joint Literacy Project in Southern Sudan, by Beat E. Zollinger

1. Introduction

2. Brief history of Southern Sudan

3. The Joint Literacy Project 1976--1985

4. Factors influencing the literacy project

4.1. Politics and languages

4.2. The general attitude toward the vernacular in the southern Sudan

4.3. The educational system

4.4. The attitude of the parents

4.5. The problem of school attendance and regular classes

4.6. The absence of an environment encouraging literacy

4.7. The problem of a Western type education system in an African society

4.8. Communication

4.9. Printing

4.10. Funding

4.11. The political situation

5. Factors working in favour of the literacy project

6. Areas where positive contributions can be made

6.1. Encouraging an environment favourable to literacy in the vernacular

6.2. Teaching methods

6.3. Encourage self-help

6.4. Public relations with the education authorities at all levels

6.5. Vernacular curriculum

6.6. Funds

7. Summary

Back Matter

References

Reflections on the final evaluation of the Southern Sudan Local Languages Literacy Project ¹, by Margaret Bendor-Samuel

1. Purpose of the paper

2. Background of the project and the evaluation

A. Background of the project

B. The background of the evaluation

C. Purpose and method of evaluation

D. Design of the reading materials

E. Philosophical position of the evaluators

F. Conclusion of the final evaluation

3. Specific changes made or recommended by the evaluators

A. Recommended changes in the primers

B. Criticism of general approach by the evaluators

4. Application to the broader context of SIL programs

A. Strengths

B. Weaknesses

C. Comments

D. Fitting the method to the context

E. Conclusion

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Appendix A: Proposed new format for letter drills

Appendix B: Proposed modification of Gudschinsky method functor drills

Appendix C: Context clues

Appendix D: Sample review lesson

A model for a transitional primer, by Naomi Glock