Volume 21, Number 2 (April 1995)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Volume 21, Number 2 (April 1995). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1995 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Indigenizing punctuation marks, by Ettien N. Koffi

1. Introduction

2. The syntactic and semantic functions of punctuation

3. Justification of Anyi punctuation

4. Naming punctuation markers

4.1. The comma

4.2. The period

4.3. The colon

4.4. Quotation mark

4.5. The question mark

4.6. The exclamation mark

5. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Literacy acquisition among Peruvian Amazon communities ^*, by Barbara K. Trudell

1. Abstract

2. Introduction

3. Specific factors

3.1. Positive and negative factors affecting vernacular literacy acquisition (VLA)

3.2. Positive and negative factors affecting Spanish literacy acquisition (SLA)

4. Factors with multiple effects

5. Discussion

5.1. Comments on the research instruments

5.2. Some implications of this study

5.3. Speculation on other factors affecting literacy acquisition

6. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

An experiment in Mayan Poetry ^*, by Merieta K. Johnson

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. The workshops

3.1. Session 1

3.2. Session 2

3.3. Session 3

3.4. Session 4

3.5. Other sessions

4. Results

5. Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Grassroots curriculum development for elementary school ^*, by Daniel Jesudason and Wei Lei Jesudason

Developing a curriculum

Five steps of curriculum design

1. Story development

2. Theme web

3. Select attainment targets

4. Design learning activities

5. Evaluation

Applying these steps

Evaluation and future plans

Adult literacy activities

Review: Enhancing adult motivation to learn, by James Baartse

Review: Education for critical consciousness, by Dan Freisen

Review: Beyond the bilingual classroom, by W. John Wagner