Volume 19, Number 2 (October 1984)

Originally published as:   Volume 19, Number 2 (October 1984). © 1984 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Front Matter

From the editors

Traditional learning styles in Papua New Guinea, by Mary Stringer

Formal and informal learning styles

A comparison with the Milingimbi aboriginal people

Harris’s five informal learning strategies

Conclusion

Back Matter

References

Teaching numeracy in Papua New Guinea, by Allen Edwards

Arithmetic and culture, by UNESCO

The expatriate literacy worker as learner/peer, by Susan Malone

I. Introduction

II. Acculturation of the expatriate

III. Indigenization of the program

IV. Summary

Back Matter

References

Report: Barai preschool report, by Bev Evans

I. Introduction

II. Daily programme for the prereading phase (20 weeks)

Ill. Reading phase

IV. Teacher training

V. Testing

VI. Future plans

VII. Conclusion

Report: Reading Readiness: North Solomons Preschool Programme, by Gay Brown

I. Oral activities (speaking)

II. Aural activities (listening)

III. Visual activities

IV. Manual skills (prewriting)

A. Manipulatory skills train the muscles needed for writing

B. Writing patterns teach the basic shapes needed in writing the letters of the alphabet

C. A formal writing program is taught

V. Preparation for the primer