Campbell, J. 1986

Campbell, J. 1986

Reference
	Campbell, Jody. 1986. "Letters, language learning, and literacy: A West Sepik experience." READ: Promoting Literacy and Literature. Interest level: specialist.

Summary
	During language learning, the Campbells observed that some language helpers who were literate in Pidgin could read some Yare words from their phonetically transcribed notes. They challenged the young men to write a few words on their own and found they did amazingly well. They encouraged Yare speakers
	to write letters in their mother tongue to write to communicate, and to spell the words as well as they could.
	The excitement of sending and receiving letters provided motivation for the language helpers and gave useful insights for the Campbells.

Context for this page:

Bibliography module: Campbell, J. 1986
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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