Robinson, Jerry 1989

Robinson, Jerry 1989

Reference
	Robinson, Jerry. 1989. "Ongoingness." READ: Promoting Literacy and Literature. Interest level: general.

Summary
	Desire for literacy varies greatly within Papua New Guinea. Some areas are developing fast, but many rural areas remain underdeveloped. Isolation caused by rugged terrain and lack of roads holds many places back. Often remote villages have little exposure to literature and see no use for reading and writing skills. Survey of books in a rural village would probably show the average family owns
	one New Testament (in the trade language) the local church hymn book the church calendar with daily Scripture readings perhaps an English version of the New Testament, and maybe an English dictionary.
	If a reader is not interested in Christian literature, there is usually nothing to read.

Context for this page:

Bibliography module: Robinson, Jerry 1989
In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): R
In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
In document collection: Reference materials
In bookshelf: Literacy

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