Number 22 (1977)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Number 22 (1977). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1977 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Vernacular writing for Micronesians: Notes on a bilingual training project at the University of Hawaii ^*, by Suzanne E. Jacobs

1. The language background

2. The sociopolitical dimension

3. The cognitive dimensions of the mother tongue

4. English in Micronesian education

5. Moves toward a bilingual system

6. The University of Hawaii

7. Problems faced by the BETT project

8. The use of traditional oral texts

9. BETT project design

10. The Micronesian participants

11. The speaking-writing gap

12. The vernacular-writing course

13. Materials production

14. Reactions of participants

15. The problem of detail

16. The problem of style

17. Culture translation

18. The accomplishment

19. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

How to teach consonants occurring at the end of syllables, by Joan Hainsworth

Should basic literacy skills be taught in the student's mother tongue?: The parameters needing consideration, by Julia R. Van Dyken

1. Introduction

2. The program strategy

3. The objectives

4. The data system

4.1. The stages of data collection

4.2. Characteristics of the data

5. Some data specifics

5.1. Indicators of the degree of adoption of the policy of utilizing the MT

5.2. Indicators of feasibility

5.3. Indicators of the current milieu

5.4. Indicators of performance

5.5. Indicators of attitudes

5.6. Indicators of socioeconomic factors, (related to cost-benefit measurements and relative advantage)

5.7. Miscellaneous indicators of variables which may affect mean scores, or which may be affected by the program

6. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Appendixes

Appendix I: A sample chart for planning and preparing for data collection and evaluation

Appendix II: Worthen's chart of strengths and weaknesses of various types of data

Review: Understanding children writing, by Carolyn Clapper

Review: Bilingual education in a binational school, by Richard D. Smith

Review: Stop, look, and write!, by Marilyn Cathcart