Volume 19, Number 2 (April 1993)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Volume 19, Number 2 (April 1993). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1993 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Asheninca history and formal schooling: A story of change in Peruvian Amazonia, by Ronald J. Anderson

1. Introduction

2. Precolonial Asheninca self-sufficiency

3. Catholic missions introduce metal tools

4. Rebellion and isolation

5. Increased contact leads to exploitation

6. Seventh-Day Adventist Missions: Villages, education, and an adaptive ideology

7. The Contemporary period

8. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Frequency counts: Is there one best method?, by David Holbrook

1. Methods of frequency counts

2. The methods applied to a short text

3. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Smalley's “maximums” of orthography design and sign languages, by Stephen J. Parkhurst

1. Introduction

2. Current situation

3. Current orthographies

4. Maximum motivation

5. Maximum representation

6. Maximum ease of learning

7. Maximum transfer

8. Maximum ease of reproduction

9. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Teaching a concept: A model, by Ruth E. Schilberg and Gary R. McKenzie

1. Introduction

2. Establishing a common concept base

3. The model

Step 1. Definition of concept

Step 2. Statement of objective

Step 3. Establishment of set

Step 4. Presentation of definition

Step 5. Presentation of examples

Step 6. Presentation of nonexamples

Step 7. Presentation of unlabeled cases

Step 8. Formal evaluation

4. Conclusion

Back Matter

Appendix

Sample concept lesson: Week

References

Review: Adult literacy: Contexts and challenges, by Deanna Manning

Review: Learning to read: Basic research and its implications, by Holly Hong

Review: Insult to intelligence: The bureaucratic invasion of our classrooms, by Gwen Kehler

Review: Reading: What can be measured?, by Glenn Blank

Review: National literacy campaigns: Historical and comparative perspectives, by Rebecca Pruett

Review: American Sign Language: Linguistic and applied dimensions, by Shelley Dufoe

Review: Writing as social action, by Tom Walsh

Review: Language learning practices with deaf children, by Karla Faurot