Volume 24, Number 2 (April 1998)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Volume 24, Number 2 (April 1998). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1998 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

A way to improve literacy in primary education in Nigeria ¹, by Marianne Aaron

1. Abstract

2. Two language projects in primary schools in Nigeria

3. The Ife Primary Education Research Project

3.1. Background

3.2. Project philosophy

3.3. Project planning and development

3.4. The experiment

3.5. Tests and results of the experiment

3.6. The teaching of English language arts

3.7. On the teaching of literacy

4. Concluding comments on the Ife project

4.1. Findings about the transitional bilingual education program for primary education as prescribed in the National Policy of Education

4.2. Side benefits of the project

4.3. Impact of the Ife project in Nigeria

5. The Obolo project

5.1. Differences between the Ife and Obolo projects

5.2. Obolo geography

5.3. Languages spoken in the area

5.4. Scope and results of education

5.5. History of Obolo language project

5.6. The idea for the Obolo Primary School Project

5.7. English literacy = “English”

5.8. State of affairs in education in Obolo:

6. The work of the Obolo Language and Bible Translation Committee

6.1. Community involvement and Obolo literature production

6.2. Teacher training

6.3. The Obolo readers

6.4. Problems encountered in the primary school project

7. Results

7.1. Observations

7.2. Testing

7.3. Discussion of results

8. Implications and recommendations

8.1. Validation of the National Policy of Education

8.2. Implications arising from this study

8.3. Decreased emphasis on English in primary education

8.4. The need to convince the educated elite of the advantages of education in the primary languages

9. Conclusion

Back Matter

References ¹¹

Map 1. Map of Nigeria ¹²

Example 1: Samples of English essays (Afiesimama 1991)

Example 2: Samples of English essays (Afiesimama 1991)

Example 3: Sample of English essays (Afiesimama 1991)

Example 4: Sample of English essays (Afiesimama 1991)

Example 5: Sample of English essays (Afiesimama 1991)

How to make chalkboards, by James Ziersch

1. Materials

1.1. Masonite^TM suggestion

1.2. Process

2. Preparation