Number 39 (1983)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Number 39 (1983). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1983 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

“Whatever you bind on earth …”: Or tied-down libraries, by Neil Wiebe

Literacy training for bilingual Mayans, by Linda Blackburn

“Professor Cassette,” or literacy via tape, by Millicent R. Liccardi

0. Introduction

1. Production of cassette primer

2. Step-by-step

3. Trial class

4. Future use of cassette literacy

Editorial comment (S. Brinkerhoff)

Back Matter

References

Pintupi art forms and their implications for literacy ^*, by Lesley Hansen

Geometric shapes

Implications for literacy

Additional note:

Language maintenance, shift and death, and the implications for bilingual education, by Delle P. Matthews

0. Introduction

1. Language maintenance, shift and death

1.1. Features of a community undergoing language maintenance

1.2. Features of a community undergoing language shift

1.3. Features of a community undergoing language death

2. Bilingual education and language maintenance or shift

2.0. Introduction

2.1. Why consider language maintenance and shift for a bilingual education program?

2.2. The role of the community

2.3. Goals of bilingual education

2.4. Typologies of bilingual education

2.5. The effects of bilingual education programs on language maintenance and shift

3. Measures of language maintenance and shift

Back Matter

References

Cultural learning styles: Planning a program around local learning styles, by Rosalie Bulmer

0. Introduction

1. Cognition and culture

2. The basic values model

2.1. Time--event

2.2. Dichotomy--holism

2 3. Crisis--noncrisis

2.4. Object as goal--person or interaction as goal

2.5. Prestige ascribed--prestige achieved

2.6. Vulnerability as weakness--vulnerability as strength

3. Implications for literacy programs

Back Matter

References

How arithmetic can be a vital part of your literacy program ^*, by Ann Waters

0. Introduction

1. Starting an arithmetic program

2. Surveys and questionnaires

3. An arithmetic learning center

4. Teaching arithmetic

5. Ideas for an arithmetic class

6. Worksheets

7. Cassette tapes

8. Other exercises and games

9. Measurements and accounting

10. Evaluation tests

11. Summary

ERIC: What it can do for you, by Sara Brinkerhoff

What is ERIC

Who can use ERIC?

How to use ERIC