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Literacy methods

Index of SIL publications on Literacy methods listed by country.

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General works

• ABADZI, Helen, author. 2005. Are there age-related psychophysiological barriers to the acquisition of literacy?.  
• ACTON, Beth, author. 1998. "Fluency revisited."
• ALLEN, Janice, author. 1990. "Ideas for a vernacular reading and writing practice course."
• ANDERSON, Ronald J., author. 1996. Sheltered instruction for language minority populations [Introducing the companion article by Judy Law].
• BAARTSE, James, author. 1995. Review of: Enhancing adult motivation to learn, by Raymond J. Wlodkowski.
• BENDOR-SAMUEL, Margaret, author. 1990. Branch literacy units: a possible alternative strategy for major nonformal adult literacy programs.
• BENNETT, Jeanette, author. 1993. Review of: Understanding whole language, by Constance Weaver.
• BODEGRAVEN, Elly van, author. 1996. Review of: Beyond storybooks: Young children and the shared book experience, by Judith P. Slaughter.
• BORNEMAN, Barry, author. 1994. Restructuring a workshop in accordance with cultural learning styles.
• BOSSCHER, Kathleen, author. 1975. "Contextual recognition and oral language."
• BOUSH, Susan, author. 1996. "A fun way to do reinforcement and correction during prep-school teacher inservice."
• BROWN, Gaynor, author. 1990. Review of: Successful literacy experiences for adult illiterates, by Jane L. Davidson and Thomas E. Wheat.
• CHAPAITIS, Helen Doss, author. 1994. "Development of the prep school age child and his education."
• CHEN, Christina Lynn, author. 2003. The CREATE method: participatory literacy for adult learners.
• CLARKSON, Mary, author. 1994. "Breaking the rules."
• COOPER, Mary Jane, author. 1998. The use of the LEA method with art in TESL classes.
• CUMMINGS, Wayne F., author. 2003. "Developer's guide to shell books: design and layout recommendations."
• DAVIS, Patricia M., author. 1996. Can they really read those long words?.
• DOMMERHOLT, Annie, author. 1994. "Bridging: How to do it."
• FARACLAS, Nicholas; STRINGER, Mary D., authors. 1987. Working together for literacy.
• FARACLAS, Nicholas; STRINGER, Mary D., authors. 2001. Working together for literacy.
• FAUROT, Karla, author. 1993. Review of: Language learning practices with deaf children, by Patricia L. McAnally, Susan Rose and Stephen P. Quigley.
• FELDPAUSCH, Becky, author. 1996. Review of: The volunteeer tutor’s toolbox, Beth Ann Herrmann, editor.
• FELDPAUSCH, Becky, author. 1998. "The 4 models of literacy."
• GREGERSON, Marilyn, author. 1994. Methodological considerations in teaching reading to ethnic minority children.
• HAMLIN, Susan, author. 1993. Review of: Beginning to read, by Marilyn Adams.
• HERBERT, Elaine, author. 1990. "A New Zealand experience."
• HOLBROOK, David J., author. 1993. Frequency counts: Is there one best method?.
• HOLLMAN, Pamela B., author. 1993. An accommodation of a global learning style to SIL training in Britain.
• HONG, Holly, author. 1993. Review of: Learning to read: basic research and its implications, Laurence Rieben and Charles A. Perfetti, editors.
• HOOVER, Carole, author. 1993. Review of: Living between the lines, by Lucy McCormick Calkins and Shelley Harwayne.
• HOOVER, Joseph, author. 1993. Review of: Literacy: Reading the word and the world, by Paulo Freire and Donaldo Macedo.
• JESUDASON, Daniel, author. 1992. "Towards an integrated strategy for translation and literacy work in SIL fieldwork and an analysis of Whole Language techniques."
• KELSALL, Juliana, author. 1992. Review of: Education and cultural process: Anthropological approaches, second edition, George D. Spindler, editor.
• KENT, Carolyn E., author. 1991. Review of: Teaching students to read through their individual learning styles, by Marie Carbo, Rita Dunn and Kenneth Dunn.
• LEE, Ernest W., author. 2003. "Literacy primers: the Gudschinsky method."
• LEWIS, M. Paul, author. 1993. What’s literacy for? A review of four perspectives.
• LIGHTEND, N., author. 1969. How not to plan, prepare for, and perpetrate a literacy program.
• LOCNIKAR, Joanne, author. 1998. Review of: Mem Fox talks about literacy and learning [on cassette tape], by Mem Fox.
• LOCNIKAR, Joanne, author. 1999. Review of: Enhancing adult motivation to learn, by Raymond J. Wlodkowski.
• MALONE, Dennis L., author. 1994. ‘Dear Nolly...’: Ruminations on the effects and practice of literacy in traditional societies.
• MALONE, Dennis L.; MALONE, Susan E., authors. 1999. Thoughts on the REFLECT approach: literacy, and community development in ethnic minority language groups.
• MATTHEWS, Delle, author. 1995. A genre-based approach to literacy.
• MCCORMICK, Tom, author. 1994. Alternative approaches to literacy.
• MCKENZIE, Gary R.; SCHILBERG, Ruth E., authors. 1993. Teaching a concept: a model.
• MORREN, Ronald C.; WARKENTIN, Marjorie, authors. 1990. A perceptual learning difference.
• MYERS, Beatrice, author. 1980. "Literature for preliterate linguistic minorities."
• PAGEL, Ken, author. 1992. Review of: The acquisition of literacy: ethnographic perspectives, Bambi B. Schieffelin and Perry Gilmore, editors.
• PAPPENHAGEN, Doris J., author. 1980. Adult vs. child learning in preliterate cultures.
• PIKKERT, Joost J. J., author. 1990. A case study approach to adult learners and philosophies of education.
• PIKKERT, Joost J. J., author. 1993. Schema theory, reading, shell books, and curriculum development.
• PORTER, Doris, author. 1991. Management of texts for readability.
• POULTER, Todd, author. 1991. Development of a written style among newly literate people.
• RAY, Chesley W., author. 2005. Review of: Best practices in literacy instruction, 2nd edition, Lesley Mandel Morrow, Linda B. Gambrell and Michael Pressley, editors.  
• REMPEL, Robin, author. 1990. Learning styles and training principles.
• REMPEL, Robin, author. 1994. A model for reading methodologies: Four basic elements.
• RINGENBERG, Kay, author. 1991. Neurological impress method (NIM): a whole language procedure.
• RINGENBERG, Kay, author. 1991. Review of: Dialogue journal writing with nonnative English speakers: a handbook for teachers, by Joy Kreeft Peyton and Leslee Reed.
• SEYER, Linda, author. 1997. The REFLECT approach used in an SIL setting.
• SPAETH, Carole, author. 2008. "Volunteers as aides in literacy programs."  
• STARKER, Paula, author. 1994. Review of: Literacy and bilingualism, by James D. Williams and Grace Capizzi Snipper.
• STOCKSDALE, Diane, author. 1993. Review of: Teaching students to read through their individual learning styles, by Marie Carbo, Rita Dunn and Kenneth Dunn.
• STRINGER, Mary D., author. 1988. "Can adults learn to read and write using the multi-strategy method?."
• STRINGER, Mary D., author. 2004. "Is fast easy primer-making effective in all languages and cultures? a response to Rempel’s article in Read 39.1."  
• TOBA, Ingrid, author. 1997. Review of: Literacy and script reform in occupation Japan: reading between the lines, by J. Marshall Unger.
• TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 1992. What text alteration studies reveal about oral reading.
• TURNER, Blaine, author. 1991. "We eat because we are hungry: The supremacy of goal selection in a model for teaching advanced reading."
• VAN DYKEN, Julia, author. 1991. Methodology concerns.
• WALSH, Tom, author. 1993. Review of: Writing as social action, by Marilyn M. Cooper and Michael Holtzman.
• WARD, Teresa, author. 1997. "Excerpts from: Teaching aids for Tiwi."
• WATERS, Glenys, author. 1995. Review of: Alternative research perspective, by Sarah J. McCarthey and Taffy E. Rafael.
• WATERS, Glenys, author. 1998. "Adding a fifth dimension to vernacular language education."
• WATERS, Glenys, author. 1998. Local Literacies: Theory and Practice.  
• WATERS, Glenys, author. 2000. "What is a book flood?."
• WEBER, David J., author. 1992. With only six letters.
• WHISLER, Jacqueline, author. 1986. A dialogue journal as a means to encouraging a bilingual student to write cohesively.
• WIESEMANN, Ursula, author. 1995. Comment faire un syllabaire ‘Gudschinsky adapte’.
• WILSON, John D., author. 1989. "Western education vs. the Melanesian way (response to Kove Waiko)."
• WROGE, Diane, author. 1991. Review of: Open to suggestion section, SSRW—beyond silent reading, by Valerie Pyle.
• WROGE, Diane, author. 1995. Review of: Differences in first- and second language reading: the use of syntactic, semantic and discourse constraints, by Gary A. Cziko.

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Benin

• REEDER, JeDene; WHITE, Edith L., authors. 2001. Training nationals in literature production: an experience in Northwestern Benin.

Botswana

• VISSER, Hessel, author. Available: 2010; Created: 1998-03. Language and cultural empowerment of the Khoesan people: the Naro experience.

Cameroon

• CLAYTON, Fiona; HUNT, Jason; HUNT, Ulrike; ZANDBERGEN, Alies, authors. 2000. SALT 98: a short-term literacy team in Cameroon.
• GFELLER, Elisabeth; MBA, Gabriel; TADADJEU, Maurice, authors. 1988. Manuel de formation pour l’enseignement des langues nationales dans les écoles primaires.
• GRAVINA, Susan, author. 2000. Adaptation of the multi-strategy method for the far north of Cameroon.
• GRAVINA, Susan, author. 2006. Square peg in a round hole: towards a culturally appropriate literacy programme for the Mbuko of Cameroon.
• LOH, Pius; NKUO, Francis; SHULTZ, George, authors. 1989. "Cameroon: an experiment in literacy teaching: how mother-tongue learning aids literacy."
• MBUAGBAW, Tanyi Eyong, author. 1996. "Extracts from a Literacy Awareness Day: An aspect of a village campaign for literacy."
• MBUAGBAW, Tanyi Eyong, author. 1998. Literacy awareness day: An aspect of a rural literacy campaign.
• ROBINSON, Clinton D. W., author. 1990. L’alphabétisation dans les langues des minorités: Quelles espérances?.
• ROBINSON, Clinton D. W., author. 1990. Literacy in minority languages: What hope?.
• SHELL, Olive A., author. 1981. Helps for teachers of informal literacy in the mother tongue.
• SHELL, Olive A., author. 1989. Review of: Guessing: Reading as prediction, by Joan M. Rosen.
• WATTERS, John R., author. 1989. "L’alphabétisation en langues nationales: mythe ou réalité: Étude de cas."

Central African Republic

• KARAN, Elke; NIKLAUS, Vania, editors. 2001. Manuel pour la conception d'un syllabaire.

Chad

• HUNGERFORD, Marian, author. 1991. ’Spalding works for Kera, too’.

Côte d’Ivoire

• BURMEISTER, Jonathan L., author. 1990. "Anyi literacy program."
• KUTSCH LOJENGA, Constance, author. 1986. Some experiences in writing and teaching tone in Africa.
• KUTSCH LOJENGA, Constance, author. 1989. A practical contribution to the discussion on learning styles.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• GFELLER, Elisabeth, author. 1997. "Why should I learn to read? Motivations for literacy acquisition in a rural education programme."
• HILL, Margaret, author. 1985. "Chop up your literacy program and other suggestions."

Ghana

• HALL, Sue, author. 1998. Music as an aid to literacy.
• HAMPTON, Roberta S., author. 1990. A guide for mother tongue literacy.
• HAMPTON, Roberta S., author. 1995. Will literacy have a lasting impact?.
• HERBERT, Patricia; HOLMAN, Mary E., authors. 1998. The pros and cons of the REFLECT method.

Kenya

• LARSEN, Alice, author. 1990. The matter of learning styles--too crucial to be put off any longer.
• REMPEL, Robin, author. 2004. "Fast, easy, effective primer making! Multi strategy economy model."  
• SCHROEDER, Leila, author. 2004. "Mother-tongue education in schools in Kenya: some hidden beneficiaries."

Nigeria

• OLAOFE, Isaac A., author. 1990. "The management of mixed reading ability at the Primary School."
• REMPEL, Robin, author. 2004. "Fast, easy, effective primer making! Multi strategy economy model."  

Senegal

• MARANZ, Louise, author. 2001. Pedagogical dictionaries: ho-hum or gung-ho?.

Sudan

• PACE, Wanda, author. 1989. Adapting the Gudschinsky method to Sudanese languages.
• PACE, Wanda, author. 1990. Some practical applications of the global approach to Gudschinsky materials.
• VAN DYKEN, Julia, author. 1984. What literacy teachers should know about language: An assessment of in-service training needs of reading acquisition teachers in southern Sudan using the Gudschinsky literacy method.
• YODER, Joan Bomberger, author. 1992. The use (and abuse) of an alphabet book with adults.

Tanzania

• STEGEN, Oliver, author. 2004. Editing Rangi narratives: a pilot study in literature production.  

Americas

Brazil

• ALFORD, Margaret Ruth, author. 1987. "Developing facilitative reading programmes in Third World countries: a culturally relevant programme for teaching reading in the mother tongue: the Karajá Indians of Brazil."
• ALFORD, Margaret Ruth, author. 1989. "Um programa de ensino bilingüe culturalmente relevante para o Karajá."
• BRIDGEMAN, Loraine I.; STOUT, Mickey, authors. 1958. "Levantamento lingüístico de Leopoldina."
• BUTLER, Nancy E., author. 1973. Teaching syllables in Terena.
• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1968. Memorizing: Good or bad?.
• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1975. Radio and tape recordings in a literacy program.
• JONES, Joan W., author. 1978. Kura (Bakairi) orthography conference: Growth in competence.

Canada

• HARBECK, Mary Anna; HARBECK, Warren A., authors. 1970. A literacy method for Stoney: The two-hour introduction.

Chile

• HARMELINK, Bryan L., author. 1989. "Enseñanza de la lectura en idioma mapuche: Una proposición."

Colombia

• KONDO, Riena W., author. 1991. Taking into consideration cultural learning styles.
• KONDO, Riena W.; WALTER, Leah B., authors. 1990. Training indigenous editors.

Guatemala

• POWELL, Patricia M., author. 1992. The Cakchiquel distribution strategy.

Mexico

• EMBREY, Virginia, author. 1969. Literacy among the Zapotecs of the Isthmus.
• GATES, Janet; WALLIS, Ethel E., authors. 1948. Outline of primer construction.
• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1951. "Solving the Mazateco reading problem."
• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1959. "La preparación de cartillas de alfabetización: Tendencias actuales."
• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1966. The strategy of a literacy program.
• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1967. "Techniques for functional literacy in indigenous languages and the national language."
• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1968. Memorizing: Good or bad?.
• GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah C., author. 1975. Radio and tape recordings in a literacy program.
• HERZOG, Dorothy L., author. 1983. Launching a primer from a pre-primer story.
• JOHNSON, Jan; NELSON, Julie; WATTERS, Juanita, translators. 2006. Guía del maestro COMELE; Combinación de Métodos de Lectoescritura.
• JOHNSON, Jan; NELSON, Julie; WATTERS, Juanita, translators. 2006. Guía para la elaboración de materiales COMELE; Combinación de Métodos de Lectoescritura.
• REMPEL, Robin, author. 2004. Guía del maestro: COMELE - Combinación de Métodos de Lectoescritura.
• REMPEL, Robin, author. 2004. Guía para la elaboración de materiales utilizados en la COMELE - Combinación de Métodos de Lectoescritura.

Peru

• ANDERSON, Ronald J., author. 1990. "Algunas consideraciones que deben tomarse en cuenta en la enseñanza de partículas gramaticales en las lenguas aglutinantes."  
• EASTHOUSE, Linda O., author. 1994. A whole language approach to transition literacy—a Peruvian Quechua trial.
• RIGGLE, Eddy; WISE, Mary Ruth, authors. 1979. "Terminología matemática y la enseñanza de conocimientos básicos entre los grupos étnicos de la Amazonía peruana."
• TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 1992. "Lo que revelan los estudios de alteración textual acerca de la lectura oral."  
• TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 1992. "Un modelo de semialfabetismo en la sierra."  
• TRUDELL, Barbara, author. 1994. A proposed model of semi-literacy in Highland Quechua.
• TRUDELL, Joel, author. 1992. "Practicas de alfabetización entre los quechua-hablantes de una iglesia evangélica en Lima: Comentarios acerca de un metodo etnográfico."  
• WEBER, David J., author. 1999. The Zen of bibliocology.

Suriname

• GLOCK, Naomi, author. 1987. A model for a transitional primer.

United States

• BARBER, Betsy A., author. 1983. Pre-reading exercises for Indochinese refugees: Theory and practice.
• BARBER, Stephen J., author. 1983. Pre-reading exercises for Indochinese refugees: History and purpose.
• HILL, Faith, author. 2011. Using the reading of Navajo as a bridge to English for unschooled adults.
• STEVEN, Norma, author. 1986. Teaching writing to the Inupiat Eskimos.

Asia

China

• CHIUNG, Wi-vun Taiffalo, author. 2000. Review of: Modern Chinese: history and sociolinguistics, by Ping Chen.

India

• Anonymous. 1991. Review of: Can literacy lead to development? A case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India, by Uwe Gustafsson.
• ELIASON, James, author. 1990. Review of: National literacy mission—the perspectives, by S. N. Saraf.
• GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 1991. Can literacy lead to development?: a case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India.  
• GUSTAFSSON, Uwe, author. 2003. "Can literacy lead to development?: a case study in literacy, adult education, and economic development in India."

Indonesia

• DAVIS, Evelyn C., author. 1989. Keterampilan-keterampilan belajar dan Strategi-strategi belajar bahasa = Learning skills and language learning strategies.
• MATTHEWS, Delle, author. 1994. A miscue analysis of Yale reading ability.
• WALKER, Roland W., author. 1987. Towards a model for predicting the acceptance of vernacular literacy by minority-language groups.

Pakistan

• TAN, Eunice, author. 2000. "A mother tongue literacy programme among the Baloch of Lingo Line, Karachi."

Philippines

• BOSSCHER, Kathleen, author. 1988. Primer methodology survey.
• DAWSON, Barbara J., author. 1974. "Minorities write their own literature."
• ERRINGTON, Ellen, author. 1998. From non-literate to literate practice: The process and effects of introducing a writing system in a cultural community of the Republic of the Philippines.
• GOLDEN, Jenny, author. 1999. "Starting over: Ayta involvement in education before and after Pinatubo."
• PORTER, Doris, author. 1990. Guidelines for area centered promotion-distribution teams.
• YOUNG, Catherine, author. 1999. The challenge of introducing the first language component-bridging program (FLC-BP) into the Philippine formal education program.

Thailand

• KAEWSAIHA, Tongyoo, author. 1992. "Literacy campaign: a cooperative program for upgrading life quality."
• PERSON, Kirk R., author. 1999. "Writing Bisu: a community-based approach to orthography development."
• SUWILAI Premsrirat, author. 1992. "Literacy promotion: a case study of minority groups."
• THOMAS, Dorothy M., author. 1990. Why the ‘Gudschinsky’ method?.
• THOMAS, Dorothy M., author. 1992. Learning how to convince the experts.
• TOLAND, Norma, author. 1990. Review of: Village reading centers of Thailand, by Geeta Ram.
• VORAVARN, Kasama, author. 1992. "My experience with literacy promotion in Thailand."

Viet Nam

• LEE, Ernest W., author. 1973. How we started the Nung primer.
• THOMAS, Dorothy M., author. 1992. "Các phương pháp dạy "đọc"."

Pacific

Australia

• BORNEMAN, Barry, author. 1992. Holding your reading theories lightly.
• LANGLANDS, William H., author. 1988. "Teaching reading to Aboriginal adults from traditional communities."
• LANGLANDS, William H., author. 1990. Teaching reading to Aboriginal adults from traditional communities.
• NAGAI, Yasuko, author. 1990. "Big books—sharing enjoyable reading experiences."
• SAYERS, Barbara J., author. 1990. Reading with rhythm: a help in tackling long words.
• STREET, Chester S.; STREET, Lynette, authors. 1993. "Literacy among the Murrinh-patha."
• WRIGLEY, Matthew, author. 1991. Community involvement in orthography development: Devising an orthography for Bunuba.

Papua New Guinea

• ALLEN, Janice, author. 1991. Review of: Working together for literacy: a guidebook for local language literacy programs, by Mary D. Stringer and Nicholas Faraclas.
• ALLEN, Janice; ALLEN, Jerry, authors. 1980. Halia (North Solomons Province).
• Anonymous. 2003. "Supervisor's tokples education program (STEP), 1996-1997."
• ÅRSJÖ, Britten; ÅRSJÖ, Sören, authors. 1980. Ama (East Sepik Province).
• ATKINSON, Joy, author. 1988. Review of: The acquisition of literacy: ethnographic perspectives, Bambi R. Schieffelin and Perry Gilmore, editors.
• BAKER, Helen; WILSON, Patricia R., authors. 1980. Abulas (East Sepik Province).
• BENSON, Glenda, author; BRUIJNES, Elyce, editor. 1999. "Music: motivating adults to read."
• BJORKMAN, Doris; GARIAI, Balai, authors. 2001. "History of my literacy work."
• BOUSH, Susan, author. 1997. "Training for prospective prepschool teachers."
• BOWER, Ruth, author. 1982. Review of: Reading strategies: Focus on comprehension, by Yetta M. Goodman and Carolyn Burke.
• BOXWELL, Helen; BOXWELL, Maurice, authors. 1980. Weri (Morobe Province).
• BROWN, Carl; BROWN, Gaynor, authors. 1980. Yangoru (East Sepik Province).
• CALLISTER, Sandra, author. 1986. "Adapting the syllable method for vernacular pre-schools."
• CALLISTER, Sandra, author. 1989. "Adapting grade 1 curriculum for Misima preschool graduates."
• CAMPBELL, Jo Anne, author. 1986. "Letters, language learning and literacy: a West Sepik experience."
• CAMPBELL, Jo Anne, author. 1991. Review of: The benefits of language learning for literacy specialists, by Kaye Stender.
• CLARK, Dawn S., author. 1991. "The Sunday School as a vehicle for literacy."
• COBB, Elyce; WROGE, Diane, authors. 1990. "Iwal transfer primer and teacher’s training course."
• CONRAD, Jo Ann; CONRAD, Robert J., authors. 1980. Muhian (East Sepik Province).
• DAY, Bill; DAY, Sherry, authors. 1992. "Faiwol prep school experiences."
• DOMMERHOLT, Annie, author. 1992. "Why the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea teaches oral language."
• DREW, Dorothy E., author. 1981. "A comparison between the Laubach and Freire methods."
• ELIASON, James, author. 1989. Review of: Eradication of adult illiteracy in Zambia--a mass approach, by Juma E. Nyirenda.
• ELIASON, James, author. 1989. Review of: Persuasion of adult learners: a study, by D. Janardhana Reddy.
• ELIASON, James, author. 1989. Review of: Schema activation, cooperation, and adult literacy instruction, by Dolores Perin.
• ELIASON, James, author. 1990. "The production of literature: From A. T. to AT."
• EVANS, Beverley; EVANS, Peter, authors. 1980. Barai (Northern Province).
• EVANS, Peter, author. 1991. "Reading readiness."
• FARACLAS, Nicholas; STRINGER, Mary D., authors. 1987. "Working together for literacy."
• FARR, Cynthia J.; FARR, James B., authors. 1980. Korafe (Northern Province).
• FAST, Marianne, author. 2000. "Using Sunday school materials for adult fluency."  
• FELDPAUSCH, Becky; NICHOLS, Jean; REMPEL, Robin, authors. 2000. Literacy evaluation tool.
• FELDPAUSCH, Becky; NICHOLS, Jean; REMPEL, Robin, authors. 2003. "Literacy evaluation tool."
• FOREMAN, Velma M.; MARTEN, Helen, authors. 1980. Yessan-Mayo (East Sepik Province).
• FRANKLIN, Joice A.; SOUTHWELL, Neville; STRINGER, Mary D., editors. 1980. Reports of vernacular literacy programmes conducted by the Summer Institute of Linguistics in Papua New Guinea.
• FRANKLIN, Karl J., author. 1972. "Why a newsheet?."
• FRANTZ, Chester I.; FRANTZ, Marjorie; SHORT, Tom, authors. 1980. Gadsup (Eastern Highlands Province).
• GERNAT, Yvonne, author. 1976. Methods of teaching reading.
• GILES, Glenda, author. 2000. "Finished and fluent—not synonymous."
• GRAHAM, Mack, author. 1991. "Vernacular literacy in the Upper Jimi."
• HAINSWORTH, C. Joan; JOHNSON, Kathleen, authors. 1980. Narak (Western Highlands Province).
• HEAD, June; HEAD, Robert, authors. 1980. Kaugel (Western Highlands Province).
• HENDERSON, Anne; HENDERSON, James E., authors. 1980. Yele (Milne Bay Province).
• HEPNER, Mark, author. 1995. "A graded curriculum for vernacular reading clubs in the Bargam language."
• HILGENDORF, Don; LOCNIKAR, Joanne; NICHOLS, Jean, authors. 1996. Bhola’s total literacy system: Application to SIL literacy programs.
• HOEL, Hanna Marie, author. 2004. "How are the elementary schools doing?."  
• HOEL, Hanna Marie, author. 2006. "Do not give up!."  
• HOSTETLER, Carolyn, author. 1990. Review of: The reading concepts and strategies of adult nonreaders, by Grace Malicky and Charles A. Norman.
• HOTZ, Joyce M.; STRINGER, Mary D., authors. 1980. Waffa (Morobe Province).
• IYAMA, Mara, author. 2005. "Oral literacies - choice in cultural destiny (a response to Michael A. Mel, "The need for strong and balanced communities through education …"."  
• JACKSON, Kenneth, author. 1992. "A two week literacy course for pastors."
• JAMES, Dorothy J.; POTTS, Denise, authors. 1980. Siane (Eastern Highlands Province).
• JESUDASON, Daniel; JESUDASON, Wei Lei, authors. 1992. Media—a bridge to literacy.
• JESUDASON, Daniel; JESUDASON, Wei Lei, authors. 1992. The effectiveness of simplicity: a psycholinguistic approach to vernacular literacy in a Melanesian preliterate society.
• JONDUO, Willie, author. 1989. "Working together for literacy: Are the theories workable?."
• KIM, Duck-Shin, author. 1998. "Waima women learn to read by singing."
• KREKEL, Cathy, author. 1992. "Primers: Can we do better?."
• LINDRUD, Eivor; LINDRUD, Stellan, authors. 1992. "A discourse-word-letter method for teaching reading."
• LINDRUD, Eivor; LINDRUD, Stellan, authors. 1992. "Report on a literacy method used in Kol Prep schools."
• LINDRUD, Eivor; LINDRUD, Stellan, authors. 1994. "Teaching literacy in three stages."
• LINDRUD, Eivor; LINDRUD, Stellan, authors. 1994. "Why teach the word and the sentence first?."
• LISTER, Ronah; NAGAI, Yasuko, authors. 2004. "Bridging between vernacular and English: the Maiwala teacher's experience."  
• LITHGOW, Daphne, author. 1993. "Why NOT to use a workbook."
• LLOYD, J. A.; LLOYD, Richard G., authors. 1980. Baruya (Eastern Highlands Province).
• LOCNIKAR, Joanne, author. 1997. "Activities for teaching parts of words."
• LOCNIKAR, Joanne, author. 1997. "Report of mentor visit Tifalmin."
• LOCNIKAR, Joanne, author. 2000. "Fluency: one approach."
• LOCNIKAR, Joanne, compiler. 1996. "Learning activities resource list."
• LOGAN, Konni, author. 1996. "Report from a pre-reading literacy course."
• MACDONALD, George E.; MACDONALD, Georgetta, authors. 1980. Dadibi (Simbu Province).
• MACDONALD, Georgetta, author. 1991. By-products of the planning process.
• MALONE, Dennis L., author. 1989. "New national literacy initiative."
• MALONE, Dennis L., author. 1991. "Anthropological implications for literacy."
• MALONE, Dennis L., author. 2004. The In-Between People: Language and Culture Maintenance and Mother-Tongue Education in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.  
• MATTOCKS, Rich, author. 2006. "AIDS shell books and SIL. Do we need to re-think shell books? The Martin Luther approach to changing a culture."
• MCCARTHY, Joy, author. 1989. "The evolution of a literacy program."
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• NICHOLS, Jean, author. 1998. "Ampeeli prep screening: more fuel for the fire."
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• REMPEL, Robin, author. 1988. "Printing T-shirts in a village."
• REMPEL, Robin, author. 1990. "Try out a new idea for a transfer course!."
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Solomon Islands

• BOERGER, Brenda H., author. 1996. When c, q, r, x, and z are vowels: An informal report on Natqgu orthography.
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Tuvalu

• KIM, Seung, author. 1998. Review of: Literacy, emotion, and authority: reading and writing on a Polynesian atoll, by Nilo Besnier.