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TITLE Notes on Literacy, 1988-1994. INSTITUTION Summer Inst. of Linguistics, Dallas, TX. REPORT NO ISSN-0737-6707 PUB DATE 1994-00-00 NOTE 1524p.; A run of 24 consecutive issues of this serial. However, for numbers 57-60 (1989) see ED 338 114. Changed numbering system after number 65 (1991), which is also considered to be volume 17, number 1. Published quarterly. AVAILABLE FROM Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc., 7500 West Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Notes on Literacy; n53-56,61-65 v17-20 1988-1994 EDRS PRICE MF12/PC61 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Foreign Countries; *Literacy; *Literacy Education; *Reading Instruction; *Writing Instruction IDENTIFIERS *Vernacular Literacy

ABSTRACT "Notes on Literacy" serves field literacy programs by sharing information of a practical and theoretical nature with literacy field workers. Articles address a wide range of concerns in literacy and literacy education, particularly in developing nations or uncommonly taught languages. Typical topics include: orthography; language planning; language and politics; ; phonology; vernacular literature; writing style; learning processes; text organization; adult literacy education; linguistic theory; teaching methods and classroom economic and soLLftl development; learning motivation; literacy and biliteracy; music and literacy instruction; schema theory; the whole language approach; indigenous editing; writing skills; language and literacy testing; dialectal orthography; teaching ethnic minorities; adult native language literacy; reading instruction; and literacy teacher training.(MSE)(Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)

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Notes on Literacy

n53-56, 61-65, v17-20 1988-1994

(i.e., 24 Consecutive Issues)

A Serial Publication of the

Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc. 7500 West Camp Wisdom Rd. O Dallas, TX 75236 O 1 w BEST COPY AVAILABLE

2 Notes on Literacy No.53

Special Issue No-4

PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE FIRSTINTERNATIONAL LITERACY CONSULTANT SEMINAR NOVEMBER 11-20, 1985,

The Role of Literacy in Development Julia Van Dyken 1

Vernacular Literacy: Problems in the Work with Australian Aborigines Bill Langlands 22 New Literates Reading Aloud for Audience Comprehension: the Bahinemo Case Sally A. Dye 41

A Comparison of Eclectic andLanguage Experience Approaches to Reading in Vernacular Preschools Bev Evans 45 Primer Methodology Survey

Reported by Kathy Bosscher 59

SUMMER INSTITUTE OF LiNCUISTICS

DALLAS, TEXAS

BEST COPY AVAILABLE NOTES ON LITERACY SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 4, l980

SIL INTERNATIONAL LITERACY CONSULTANTS

International Africa Area

Margaret BendorSamuel (Dallas) Margrit Boll/ (Ivory Coast) Kathy Bosscher (Asia Area) Julie Van Dyken (Africa Area) Ann Cates (Horsley& Green) Artemisa Echegoyen () Asia Area Ray Gordon (NAB) Georgia Hunter (Mexico) Jean Dawson (Indonesia) Gloria Kindell (Brazil) Eugene Fuller (Malaysia) Mary Morgan (Mexico) Jessie Glover (Pakistan) Peggy Wendell (Dallas) Dot Thomas (Thailand)

Pacific Area