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Language programs

Index of SIL publications on Language programs listed by country.

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General works

• ALDRIDGE, Fredrick A., Jr., author. 2011. William Cameron Townsend and his philosophy of national involvement in the Summer Institute of Linguistics.
• ANNETT, Mary, author. 1994. The development of general models of bilingual education: the Mundani example of the transfer from informal experimentation with the PROPELCA primary school programme to the adoption of the formal programme.  
• BARNWELL, Katharine, author. 1995. Bible translation in a changing world: Reflections on the Bolivia report.
• BENDOR-SAMUEL, David; BENDOR-SAMUEL, Margaret, authors; JACKSON, Robert A., editor. 1996. A manual for strategic planning and review for language programs.
• BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1997. Incorporating short-termers.
• BLIGHT, Richard C., author. 1968. Sample excerpts from a consultant’s report.
• BRUCE, Kathleen; HALE, Austin, authors. 2003. "The consulting process: the life history of a consultation."
• BRUCE, Kathleen; HALE, Austin; LOWE, Ivan; WEBER, Diana, authors. 2003. "Consultant seminar reading list: selected readings for the Consultant Training Seminar held at SIL-UND, 1992 and 1993."
• CHENOWETH, Vida, author. 1997. "Solomon Islands recording report."
• COOPER, Russell E., author. 2003. "What linguistics consultants need to know, but don't always have at their fingertips."
• DECKER, Kendall D., author. 1998. Bible translation as a survey tool.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1988. Why test intelligibility?.
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1962. "The SIL concordance program: Statements provided for the National Science Foundation report."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1966. "Linguistic information retrieval system for aboriginal languages (Concordance Project)."
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1972. The comparative word list data base: manual of procedures.
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1998. The logic of survey information.
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 2003. "Consulting in linguistic field work."
• HAGAN, Susanne, author. 1998. SPUD: Cultivating a language program.
• HALE, Austin, author. Available: 2012; Created: 1970-02-20. Preview of suggested linguistic projects.
• HOBSON, Helen; HOBSON, John, authors. 1997. Venture 24.
• KARAN, Mark E., author. 2009. A Simple Introduction to Qualitative Data and its Qualitative or Quantitative Analysis.  
• KURATLI, Margrit, author. 2004. Comptabilité: principes de base.
• KURATLI, Margrit, author. 2007. Bookkeeping: basic principles.
• LOWE, Ivan, author. 2003. "Aspects of linguistic consultation."
• LOWE, Ivan, author. 2003. "Handbook of linguistic workshops."
• LOWE, Ivan, author. 2003. "Problem solving."
• MARMOR, Thomas, author. 2012. Language Program Management - A Model for the 21st Century.
• MARMOR, Thomas, author; BARTELS, Eric; MACDONALD, Georgetta, consultants. 2012. Introduction to Language Program Manager Roles and Profiles.
• MATTHEWS, Thomas G., author. 1999. Report of translation course in Kiswahili language.
• MOWATT, Ian, author. 2000. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E): a brief overview.
• PAYNE, David L., author. 1998. Experiences from a macroteam language program cum national translator/CARLA project: The Asheninka language cluster.
• PENCE, Alan R., author. 1997. Field work models in broad context.
• PORTER, Doris, author. 1995. Description of a healthy program for vernacular language development.
• PORTER, Doris, author. 1995. Intercultural community work and program planning: Same or different?.
• PORTER, Doris, author. 1998. The SPAR consultation: Small group discussions.
• POULTER, Todd, author. 1997. Strategic thinking and planning.
• POULTER, Todd, author. 1997. To plan or not to plan: a chronological biography of the strategic planning process in real life.
• RADLOFF, Carla F., author. 1997. LinguaLinks linguistic workshop field-test.
• RAY, Michael J., author. 1995. Team development in SIL.
• ROBBINS, Frank E., author. 1992. Matching personnel to program needs.
• ROBINSON, Clinton D. W., author. 1997. Seamless integration: Towards sustainable impact.
• ROBINSON, Clinton D. W., author. 1998. Planning for sustainability: a preliminary overview.
• ROBINSON, Clinton D. W., author. 2012. Tilting at the future: how can we know whether minority language development is a viable proposition? Dimensions of decision-making..  
• ROBINSON, Clinton, author. 1992. Training for facilitating a language programme.  
• SCHRAG, Brian E., author. 1997. "France Louanges report."
• SCHWARZ, Elizabeth; SCHWARZ, Tom, authors. 1997. Tomorrow teams.
• SPAETH, David, author. Available: 2010; Created: 1993. Transactional economics: an alternative paradigm for policy and program planning.
• SPREDA, Klaus W., compiler. 1995. Sample pages of A.D.I.P.L.E.G. II dissertation and other non-linguistic documentation.  
• STEVEN, Hugh, author. 2004. Yours to finish the task: the memoirs of W. Cameron Townsend. Part four: 1947-1982.
• THOMAS, David D., author. 2003. "Consultants as encouragers."
• THOMAS, David D., author. 2003. "On consulting."
• THOMAS, David D., author. 2003. "Writing and checking."
• THOMAS, Elaine, author. 1995. Making and recording editorial decisions early in translation.
• TRACY, Hugh; YOST, Larry, authors. 1997. A process to guide decision making for development activities in language programs.  
• TRICK, Douglas, author. 2003. "Serving as consultant to larger teams."
• WALKER, Roland W., author. 1991. Identifying obstacles to ongoing vernacular literacy: Keys to the planning process.
• WATERS, Glenys, author. 1998. "Report of the 1997 Literacy Consultant Update—September 17-26th."
• WEBER, David J., author. 1995. The team approach.
• WILLETT, Thomas L., author. 1993. Second encounter for linguistics in northwestern Mexico.

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Burkina Faso

• LAUBER, Edward, author. 1993. SIU and funding the translation program: thoughts on the relationship between the financing of translation projects and the use of the Scriptures in Burkina Faso.

Cameroon

• ANNETT, Mary, author. 1990. Initial research into the process involved in integrating a language development programme into a wider development programme of a community.  
• LODE, Lars, author. 1984. A satellite translation project.
• SADEMBOUO, Etienne, author. 1989. "Constitution and function of a language committee and the choice of a reference dialect."  
• SADEMBOUO, Etienne; WATTERS, John R., authors. 1987. "Proposition pour l’évaluation des niveaux de développement d’une langue écrite."
• TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2005. "Language choice, education and community identity."
• TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 2006. "Local agency in the development of minority languages: three language committees in Northwest Cameroon."

Central African Republic

• MOORE, Troy, author. 1998. Formulating lexicographic material within an African language development project.

Congo

• BOUKA, Leonce-Yembi, author. 1989. "Teke and its dialects in Congo: Status of research."  

Côte d’Ivoire

• BOLLI, Margrit, author; HARTELL, Rhonda L., translator. 1980. Yacouba literacy report 2: March 1977–February 1979.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• HENRIX, P. Marcel, author. 1995. An interconfessional translation project: a personal report.
• HILL, Margaret, author. 1995. Some practical considerations for translating the Old Testament.
• KUTSCH LOJENGA, Constance, author. 1996. Participatory research in linguistics.
• THOMAS, Elaine, author. 1995. The revision of the Ngbaka New Testament.
• THOMAS, Elaine, author. 1995. The translation of the Ngbaka Bible.

Ghana

• HALL, Sue; HENDERSHOTT, Mary; NEELEY, Paul, authors. 1998. "When I heard these songs, tears came to my eyes: The Vagla Scripture-Song Workshop (Ghana, March, 1997)."
• HAMPTON, Roberta S., author. 1989. Using insights from the naive literate as a tool in the linguist’s bag.
• SCHWARZ, Tom, author. 1999. Tomorrow teams—an evaluation.

Kenya

• ELVERY, Noela, author. 1990. The Rendille project.
• KANYORO, Musimbi, author. 1989. "The Abaluyia of Kenya; one people, one language: What can be learned from the Luyia project."  
• ZIEGLER, Lynn, author. 1990. Rendille update.

Nigeria

• CROZIER, David; DETTWEILER, Stephen, authors. 2011. Keys to language development and Bible translation.

Sudan

• BUKULU, Edward M., author. 1989. The joint literacy project of the southern regional government 1976-1986: a critical review.
• KAYANGA, Samuel, author. 2006. Developing church economic capacity; New Sudan.

Tanzania

• WISBEY, Matthew J., author. 2012. Long-distance relationships: Exploring the benefits and challenges for mother tongue literacy work in a language cluster project.  

Togo

• CAPO, Hounkpati B. C., author. 1989. "The neolanguage approach to orthography: The case of Gbe."  

Americas

Canada

• JANCEWICZ, Bill, author. 1998. "Developing language programs with the Naskapi of Québec."
• JANCEWICZ, Bill; MACKENZIE, Marguerite, authors. 2002. "Applied computer technology in Cree and Naskapi language programs."  

Colombia

• DEL AGUILA, Walter, author. 1984. La educación indígena en Colombia: Un marco teórico.

Guatemala

• FOX, David G., author. 1961. "An intensive language course in Guatemala."
• POWELL, Patricia M., author. 1992. The Cakchiquel distribution strategy.
• STEVEN, Hugh; TOWNSEND, William Cameron, authors. 1995. Wycliffe in the making: the memoirs of W. Cameron Townsend, 1920-1933.
• VANWAGNER, Kevin A., author. 1993. Facilitator language program planning (FLAPP): Applying strategic planning and management models to vernacular language program planning in Tajumulco, a Mayan community in Guatemala.

Mexico

• STEVEN, Hugh, author. 1999. Doorway to the world, the Mexico years; the memoirs of W. Cameron Townsend, 1934-1947.
• WALLIS, Ethel E., author. 1954. "Una colaboración del Instituto Lingüístico de Verano."

Peru

• AGUIRRE M., Braulio; CONGDON, Joy; LEE, Wilma, authors. 1975. La salud en las comunidades nativas de la selva: Programa de Promotores de Salud, Informe.
• BURNS, Donald H., author. 1971. Five years of bilingual education in the Andes of Peru 1965-1970: final report on the five year bilingual education experiment in Ayacucho (1).
• CONGDON, Joy; LEE, Wilma, authors. 1971. Programa de servicio de sanidad para las comunidades nativas de la selva.
• EICHENBERGER, Ralph W., author. 1952. "La ciencia médica al servicio del hombre selvático."
• LEE, Wilma, author. 1976. Estudio comparativo del índice de salud de dos comunidades chayahuitas una de las cuales cuenta con los servicios de un promotor de salud.
• MATTESON, Esther, author. 1951. "Translation procedure in Piro."
• WIESEKE, Neva M., author. 1968. "Encuesta médica de dos aldeas machiguengas."

Asia

Cambodia

• GREGERSON, Marilyn, author. 2009. "Learning to read in Ratanakiri: a case study for northeastern Cambodia."
• SMITH, Philip, author. 2010. The Bunong culture of silence: Exploring Bunong perspectives on participation at the interface between Bunong culture and development organisations..

Pakistan

• LUNSFORD, Wayne A., author. 2008. Building local capacity through mentoring: a short guide for mentors.
• LUNSFORD, Wayne A., author. 2011. Applying a learner-directed approach in non-Western learning contexts: Toward a holistic model that seeks to transform people through sustainable, capacity-building efforts within community-based organizations.

Philippines

• BARLAAN, Rodolfo R., author. 2000. "Cultural consulting with Filipinos."
• BARLAAN, Rodolfo R., author. 2003. "Cultural consulting with Filipinos."
• DEKKER, Diane; DUMATOG, Rose C., authors. 2003. First language education in Lubuagan, Northern Philippines.  
• PORTER, Doris, author. 1990. SIL literacy programs in the Philippines: Where we came from and where we are going.

Thailand

• KOSONEN, Kimmo, author. 2002. Literacy in a minority language - the case of Chong of Chantaburi.

Pacific

Australia

• WATERS, Bruce E.; WATERS, Glenys, authors. 1989. Language viability does not equal translation viability.

Papua New Guinea

• BUGENHAGEN, Salme E., author. 1992. "Report on a literacy course held in Mangap-Mbula."
• FELDPAUSCH, Becky, author. 2007. "Handling frequent transitions during field work."  
• FOREMAN, Velma M., author. 1988. Review of: a manual for the strategic planning and review of language programs, by Margaret Bendor-Samuel and David Bendor-Samuel.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1975. Summer Institute of Linguistics (Institut Bilong Tok Ples), Papua New Guinea.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1988. Review of: Language behavior in international organizations: report of the Second Annual Conference of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, Jane Edwards and Humphrey Tonkin, editors.
• HODGKIN, Brian, author. 1996. "ETCetera."
• JACKSON, Kenneth, author. 1992. "A two week literacy course for pastors."
• JONDUO, Willie, author. 1994. "Children who have gone to vernacular Tokples School stay in school longer."
• LYNIP, Karen G.; LYNIP, Stephen A., authors. 1989. "Inoke literacy, community development and health training evaluation report."
• SOUTHWELL, Neville, author. 1989. Assessment and reassessment: a Pacific perspective.
• WEGMANN, Urs, author. 1995. "Mato language literacy visit."

Solomon Islands

• YOUNG, Virginia, author. 1983. Kwaio committee speeds material production.