Volume 17, Number 3 (July 1991)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Volume 17, Number 3 (July 1991). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1991 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Human learning: A look at the definition, levels, factors, and processes, by Evelyn Birch

1. Introduction

2. A definition of learning

3. Degrees or levels of learning

4. Factors affecting learning

5. Some theories of the learning process

A. Classic theories

B. Contemporary theories

6. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Writing Gooniyandi, 1990 update ¹, by Therese Carr

1. Introduction

2. Orthographies for Gooniyandi

3. Community writing 1983--1990

4. The 1990 meeting

Back Matter

References

Community involvement in orthography development: Devising an orthography for Bunuba, by Matthew Wrigley

Orthography development in the Kimberley

The Bunuba situation

Structure of the workshop

Conclusions

Back Matter

Appendix: The Bunuba orthography

Vowels

Consonants

A survey of the aesthetics of three cultural groups, by Douglas Dawson

Review: Can literacy lead to development? A case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India, by Chris Jackson

“Cut and paste” literacy, by Jim Lander and Dorothea Lander

1. Introduction

2. The Borana setting

3. A writers' workshop

4. Conclusion

Ants and grasshoppers, by Riena W. Kondo

1. Background

2. Why produce science books

3. How the books are written

4. Publishing and distribution of the books

Bough shade literacy, by Eirlys Richards

Orthography and the influence of morphophonemics ^*, by Leoma Gilley and Wanda Jane Pace

Neurological impress method (NIM): A whole language procedure, by Kay Ringenberg