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Notes on Literacy, 2000. INSTITUTION SIL International, Dallas, TX DOCUMENT RESUME ED 459 630 FL 801 481 AUTHOR Moine-Boothe, Judith D., Ed. TITLE Notes on Literacy, 2000. INSTITUTION SIL International, Dallas, TX. ISSN ISSN-0737-6707 PUB DATE 2000-00-00 NOTE 110p.; Published quarterly. AVAILABLE FROM International Academic Bookstore, 7500 West Camp Wisdom Road, Dallas, TX 75236 (annual subscription, $20.95; individual issues, $3) .Tel: 972-708-7404; Fax: 972-708-7433; e-mail: [email protected]. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Notes on Literacy; v26 n1-4 2000 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Applied Linguistics; Chinese; Foreign Countries; *Literacy; Second Language.Instruction; Second Language Learning; *Sociolinguistics; Student Evaluation; Student Motivation; Test Validity; *Uncommonly Taught Languages IDENTIFIERS Cameroon; Orthography ABSTRACT This volume contains the following articles: "Orthography and Identity in Cameroon" (Steven Bird); "Literacy Evaluation Tool" (Becky Feldpausch, Jean Nichols, Robin Rempel); "Kenyang Literacy Program" (Tanyi Eyong Mbuagbaw); "Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E): A Brief Overview" (Ian Mowatt); "Adaptation of the Multi-Strategy Method for the Far North of Cameroon" (Susan Gravina); "SALT '98: A Short-Term Literacy Team in Cameroon" (Fiona Clayton, Jason Hunt, Ulrike Hunt, Alies Zandbergen). There are also four book reviews: "150 Ways To Increase Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom" by J. P. Raffini (reviewed by Scott A. Satre); "Modern Chinese: a History and Sociolinguistics" by Ping Chen (reviewed by Wi-vun Taiffalo Chiung); "Local Literacies: Reading and Writing in One Community" by David Barton and Mary Hamilton (reviewed by Fiona Holburn); "Beyond Training: Perspective on Language Education" by Jack C. Richards (reviewed by Craig Soderberg) .(Contains 75 references.)(Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education) (KFT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. 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