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Ian Cheffy

Degrees

• Doctoral candidate, Lancaster University (2005  – 2008)
• M.A. in Aspects of Christian Missiology, All Nations Christian College (1996)
• M.A. Modern History and Modern Languages, University of Oxford (1974)

Current positions

• Senior Tutor, SIL European Training Program UK Campus (2008 – )
• International Literacy and Education Consultant (2008 – )

Other experience

• Literacy Coordinator, SIL European Training Program UK Campus (2001 – 2003)
• Regional Representative, Maroua, SIL Cameroon (1996 – 1999)
• Literacy specialist, Limbum project, SIL Cameroon (1989 – 1996)

Memberships

• British Association for Literacy in Development (2001 – )
• British Association for Applied Linguistics (2004 – )
• Research and Practice in Adult Literacy (2004 – )

Language proficiency

• English
• French

Research interests

• Literacy in development
• Adult basic education
• Literacy as a social practice
• Minority language development
• Multilingual education
• Language policy

Selected publications

2007 “Literacy in Development: A View from Cameroon.” RaPAL Journal 63: 15-17.

Selected papers presented

2003 “Does the way in which a person learns to read and write affect their use of literacy?” Presented at AILA Literacy Conference, Ghent, Belgium

2004 “English Language Teaching for Immigrants in the UK” Presented at Annual Conference of Association of Teachers of Swedish as a Second Language, Göteborg, Sweden

Works online

2007 “Local Literacies in a Cameroonian Village.” Papers from the Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching, Vol. 1: Papers from LAEL PG 2006. C. Gabrielatos, R. Slessor and J. W. Unger (eds.) Lancaster: Lancaster University http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/pgconference/v01.htm

Other

1992 Alphabet and Orthography Statement for Limbum (Donga-Mantung Division, North West Province) Yaoundé: SIL

1992 Limbum Lexicon Yaoundé: SIL

1992 (with Grace Toh) Scientific Report on Literacy Surveys Conducted During October 1990 – February 1991 with Literacy Survey Summary for Limbum Yaoundé: SIL