Volume 24, Number 1 (January 1998)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Volume 24, Number 1 (January 1998). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1998 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Music as an aid to literacy, by Sue Hall

1. Introduction

2. Building bridges through music

3. Can this approach work in Dagbon?

4. Songs as a teaching aid

5. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

The testing of reading proficiency in vernacular languages, by Diane Wroge

1. Introduction

2. Purpose of article

3. Various challenges and influences on reading instruction

3.1. The challenges of the sociopolitical and historical context

3.2. The challenges of the educational system

3.3. The challenges of the linguistic situation

3.4. The challenges of the demographic context of vernacular languages

3.5. The challenges of the nature of the reading process

3.6. The challenges of identifying reading proficiency levels

4. The Summer Institute of Linguistics: Opportunities to address the challenges

4.1. The Informal Reading Inventory

4.2. Miscue analysis

4.3. Sentence Verification technique

4.4. Immediate recall protocol

5. Conclusion

Back Matter

Appendix A

References

A simple writers’ workshop, by Mary Jane Cooper

1. Introduction

What is a writers’ workshop?

Who can attend?

How long should a writers’ workshop be?

2. Class begins

3. Topics

4. Editing

The use of the LEA method with art in TESL classes, by Mary Jane Cooper

1. Overview

1.1. What is LEA?

1.2. What age group?

2. Procedure

2.1. Do your homework

2.2. Interviews

3. One teacher’s experience

3.1. Class reaction

3.2. Back to the drawing board

3.3. Painting

3.4. Bonding

3.5. Graduation

The pros and cons of the REFLECT method, by Pat Herbert and Mary Holman

Part 1: Overview of the REFLECT method

1. The REFLECT method: Introduction ¹

2. The REFLECT literacy method

3. Conclusion

References

Part 2: The Anufo experience with the REFLECT approach

1. Background of the Anufo REFLECT pilot project

2. Outcome

3. Evaluation

4. Conclusions

Reference

Review: “The self-directed teacher: Managing the learning process” and “Teachers as course developers”, by Deborah A. Clifton

1. Introduction

2. Second language teaching

3. Second language learning

4. Developing reading materials

5. Training teachers for vernacular schools

6. Conclusion

Submitting articles to Notes on Literacy, by Judith D. Moine-Boothe