Volume 20, Number 4 (October 1994)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Volume 20, Number 4 (October 1994). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1994 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Adult mother tongue literacy as developed by GILLBT, by Roberta S. Hampton

1. Introduction

2.GILLBT involvement

3. Infrastructure

4. Program development

5. Volunteerism

6. The future

7. Summary

8. Conclusion

A model for reading methodologies: Four basic elements, by Robin Rempel

1. Background: A balanced model

2. Whole stories

3. Creative writing ¹

4. Word attack

5. Spelling

6. Interaction

7. Preparation elements

8. The model as a tool

Analyzing and evaluating

Create your own method

Back Matter

Appendixes

Example A

Example B

References

Hang five: Five attitude shifts that can make trainer training work, by Russ Cooper

1. Some hang-ups

2. Learning to hang five

Hang 1: Work backwards from turnover objectives

Hang 2: Teach principles, not just methods

Hang 3: Release creativity

Hang 4: Make it doable on the local level

Hang 5: Release people to do what they know, then train together

3. Let's learn to train together--or hang it up!

Back Matter

References

Reading theories and methods and their relationship to cognitive and cultural learning styles, by Yasuko Nagai

1. Introduction

2. Reading theories

2.1. Bottom-up theories

2.2. Top-down theories

3. Reading methods

3.1. Bottom-up method: Phonics

3.2. Top-down method: Whole language

3.3. Top-down method with emphasis on phonics: Interactive Whole Language method

4. A critique on two literacy methods

4.1. The Gudschinsky method

4.2. The Multistrategy method

5. Developing an indigenous reading method

6. Summary

Back Matter

Appendixes

Appendix A

Appendix B ¹⁷

References

Review: Literacy and bilingualism, by Paula Starker