Number 61 (January 1990)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Number 61 (January 1990). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1990 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Training indigenous editors, by Riena W. Kondo and Leah B. Walter

1. Introduction

2. The first editors' course

2.1. Preparation and content

2.2. The course

2.3. The follow-up: Home exercises

2.4. Evaluation of the course

3. The second editors' course

4. The third editors' course

4.1. Preparation

4.2. The course

4.3. Evaluation

5. Results

6. Future courses

Back Matter

Excerpts from the Manual for indigenous editors (translated from Spanish)

Excerpt I: Chart 1

Excerpt II: The editor and his responsibilities

Excerpt III: Libraries

Excerpt IV: Translation

Excerpt V: Literary criticism

Excerpt VI: How to teach a writers' course

Review: The facts on File Visual Dictionary, by Olive A. Shell

The Rendille project, by Noela Elvery

1. Projected plan

2. Strategy

3. Order of activities

4. Conclusion

Update on the Rendille project

Mass literacy programs, by John R. Watters

1. General cultural factors conditioning literacy programs

2. Implications of these factors for our language teams

3. Addendum: Further notes from Watters as a result of his visit with Professor Cairns

SIL literacy programs in the Philippines: Where we came from and where we are going ¹, by Doris Porter

1. The historical overview

2. What constitutes a “complete” literacy program

3. A case study

4. Where do we go from here?