SIL Publications by Category
Literacy

And I, In My Turn, Will Pass It On: Knowledge Transmission among the Kayapo by Isabel Murphy, PLE 2, 2004, 235 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-155-8, $30.50

This study provides an in-depth description of Kayapo knowledge transmission. It bridges the disciplines of education and anthropology and expands our knowledge of indigenous processes of education.

Beyond the Bilingual Classroom: Literacy Acquisition among Peruvian Amazon Communities by Barbara Trudell, PL 172, 1993, 176 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-615-8, $19.00

Presents factors that affect literacy acquisition in both the mother tongue and Spanish by the indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon.

The In-Between People: Language and Culture Maintenance and Mother-Tongue Education in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea by Dennis Malone, PLE 3, 2004, 263 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-147-3, $24.95

The In-Between People studies how the Kaugel-speaking people of Papua New Guinea approach the tension that results from the intersection of the old and new cultures.

International Illustrations; the Art of Reading 2.0 CD-ROM for Windows 98 and XP, 2001, ISBN 978-1-55671-114-5, $15.00

International Illustrations is the second artwork disk from SIL and contains over 11,100 images drawn by artists from around the world. Designed for use in the preparation of literacy primers, displays and cultural awareness efforts. Search by keywords

International Illustrations: the Art of Reading 3.0 DVD, for Mac OS X or Windows, English/Indonesian ed, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55671-241-8, $19.95

International Illustrations 3.0 DVD for Mac & Win, contains over 11,100 images drawn by artists from around the world. Designed for use in the preparation of literacy primers, displays and cultural awareness efforts. Allows a search by keywords.

Language Contact and Composite Structures in New Ireland by Rebecca Sue Jenkins, PLE 4, 2005, 253 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-156-5, $24.95

In this book, the author examines the relationship of indigenous Austronesian languages and the pidgin/creole language, Tok Pisin.

Local Literacies: Theory and Practice by Glenys Waters, 1998, 437 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-038-4 $49.99

Details how to plan and carry out a community literacy project, including tackling the additional barriers of language, culture and logistics in developing countries… a "must" for the pioneering literacy worker.

Reading Is For Knowing: Literacy Acquisition, Retention, and Usage among the Machiguenga by Patricia M Davis, PLE 1, 2004, 332 pp., ISBN 978-1-55671-094-0, $35.50

Bilingual schools were initiated at the end of the 1940s among the Machiguenga people of the Peruvian rainforest. This study presents a forty-year chronology of the sociological and educational aspects of the program.

Sentence Repetition Testing for Studies of Community Bilingualism by Carla F. Radloff, PL 104, 1991, 210 pp., ISBN 978-0-88312-667-7, $16.00

Discusses the use of sentence repetition testing in predicting second-language proficiency.

A Workshop Guide for Primer Construction compiled by Katharine Barnwell, 1979, 189 pp., $16.00

For use in workshops where participants are mother tongue speakers of the languages involved and have had no linguistic training.