MLE pilot project planned for Solomon Islands (May 2013) Thanks to a new multilingual education pilot program, the next group of prep class (kindergarten) students in two language communities of the Solomon Islands will learn to read and write in their own languages when they begin school next year. The pilot program being developed is sponsored by the Solomon Islands Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) with funding from UNICEF. Read more about MLE pilot project planned for Solomon Islands
DepEd and SIL Philippines host joint press conference (May 2013) On 30 April the Philippines’ Department of Education (DepEd) and SIL Philippines hosted a joint press conference at the DepEd Central Office in Manila. In cooperation with DepEd and other partners, SIL has been involved with linguistic research and language development efforts in the Philippines since 1953. Read more about DepEd and SIL Philippines host joint press conference
Contest photos highlight the value of literacy (April 2013) The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) recently held a photo and video competition to raise awareness of the life-changing impact of literacy. SIL was among the many organizations that joined in supporting the effort as co-sponsors of the “Reading Changed My Life” contest. GPE has just announced the release of an e-album which showcases the winning entries and a number of other excellent photos submitted for the contest. Read more about Contest photos highlight the value of literacy
SIL Peru releases fifth volume of textbook series for adult learners of Spanish (April 2013) The fifth in a series of textbooks for learners of Spanish as a second language was recently released by SIL Peru.* Read more about SIL Peru releases fifth volume of textbook series for adult learners of Spanish
El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano del Perú acaba de publicar el quinto volumen de la serie Castellano como segundo idioma para adultos (Abril del 2012) El quinto de una serie de textos para estudiantes de castellano como segundo idioma ha sido recientemente publicado por el SIL Perú.* Patricia Davis, PhD, asesora en alfabetización y educación y Luisa Pinto C., Lic. Read more about El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano del Perú acaba de publicar el quinto volumen de la serie Castellano como segundo idioma para adultos
