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Literacy programs

Index of SIL publications on Literacy programs listed by country.

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General works

• Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Susan Malone, editor. 2004. Manual for developing literacy and adult education programmes in minority language communities.  
• Ben-Barka, Lalla A. and others. 1989. "Supervision, control and evaluation [of literacy programs]."
• Bradbury, Ronald J. 1987. Evaluating small vernacular literacy programs.
• Cotterell, Peter. 1978. "Lectures [on literacy]."
• Dawson, Jean. 1991. "Promoting vernacular literature."
• Dye, Sally Folger. 1996. "Are economic issues hindering the language program?."
• Easthouse, Randy. 2001. "Literacy and Gutt’s ’urgent call...’."
• Eliason, James. 1989. Review of: Persuasion of adult learners: a study, by D. Janardhana Reddy.
• Feldpausch, Becky. 1998. "Evaluating literacy programs."
• Gillette, Daniel. 1993. Review of: Perspectives on literacy, Eugene R. Kintgen, Barry M. Kroll and Mike Rose, editors.
• Gustafsson, Uwe. 1995. "Management of a community literacy and development program: establishing a self-managing and self-sufficient ethnic program."
• Harris, Sue. 1996. "An introduction to grid/group analysis: the Inland Group project."
• Hasselbring, Sue. 1997. "Successful programs for endangered languages."
• Johnson, Joel Andrew. 2006. Diffusion of innovation: introducing mother tongue literacy.
• Kilalema, Dorcas. 2001. "Developing community-based curriculum."
• Kindell, Gloria. 1995. Review of: Language and the nation: the language question in Sub-Saharan Africa, by Ayo Bambose.
• Ladu, Patrick and others. 1989. "Funding [of a literacy project]."
• Liesch, Maja. 1998. "The dawn of a new concept in Fulani society: Being literate is a good thing."
• Lynip, Karen G. 1996. "Translation review committees: Pros/cons/logistics."
• Malone, Dennis and Susan Malone. 1998. "Report on the first REFLECT global conference."
• Malone, Susan E. and Robert F. Arnove. 1998. La planification des programmes d'alphabétisation des adultes centrés dur les élèves.
• Malone, Susan E. and Robert F. Arnove. 1998. Planning learner-centred adult literacy programmes.  
• Malone, Susan. 2004. "Education for multilingualism and multi-literacy in ethnic minority communities."
• Malone, Susan. 2008. "Literacy resource manual."  
• Marmor, Esther. 1994. "Reading to learn, writing to inform: An indigenous literacy program for primary health education."
• Matthews, Delle. 1995. "Literacy for the new millennium."
• Mikulecky, Larry. 2005. "Workplace literacy."  
• Morgan, Mary. 2001. Review of: Evaluating ’literacy for development’ projects, programs, and campaigns: evaluation planning, design and implementation, and utilization of evaluation results, by H. S. Bhola.
• Mowatt, Ian. 1996. "Literacy and development: Creating linkages for SIL programs."
• Mowatt, Ian. 2000. "Monitoring and evaluation (M&E): a brief overview."
• Pappenhagen, Ronald W. 1980. "Prereading: a look at the programs of others."
• Porter, Doris. 1995. "People and projects: Mix and match."
• Pruett, Rebecca. 1993. Review of: National literacy campaigns: Historical and comparative perspectives, by Robert Arnove and Harvey Graff, editors.
• Robbins, Frank E. 1995. "Matching personnel to program needs."
• Robinson, Clinton D. W. 1996. "Alfabetização nas línguas das minorias: Que esperanças?."
• Robinson, Clinton D. W. 1996. "Language diversity and accountability in the South: perspectives and dilemmas."
• Robinson, Clinton D. W. 1997. "Developing or destroying languages? What does intervention do to linguistic vitality?."
• Sheffler, Margaret. 1995. "On creating cultural specialists."
• Spaeth, Carole P. and Leah B. Walter, compilers. 2003. Implement a literacy program.
• Spaeth, Carole P., compiler. 1999. "Implementing a literacy program."
• Spaeth, Carole. 2008. "Volunteers as aides in literacy programs."  
• Spratt, Jennifer E. 2005. "Alternatives for literacy assessment."  
• Trudell, Barbara. 1995. "Making readers literate: Transition literacy in sub-Saharan Africa."
• Trudell, Barbara. 1996. "Opportunities and challenges: The shape of literacy in Africa today."
• Trudell, Barbara. 2001. "Factors affecting community literacy programs: assessment and response."
• Unseth, Peter. 1998. Review of: Scripts and literacy: reading and learning to read alphabets, syllabaries and characters, Insup Taylor and David R. Olson, editors.
• Unseth, Peter. 1998. Review of: Vernacular literacy: a reevaluation, Tabouret-KellerAndrée Tabouret-Keller and others, editors.
• Van Den Berg, Nelis. 1997. "SIL as a literacy NGO."
• van Ginkel, Agatha. 2008. "Educational values and material development."  
• Van Riezen, Karsten. 1998. "Asian literacy forum summary."
• Wagner, W. John. 1995. Review of: Beyond the bilingual classroom: Literacy acquisition among Peruvian Amazon communities, by Barbara Trudell.
• Walter, Stephen L. 1996. "Gazing into the literacy crystal ball: SIL’s work in literacy and education."
• Walter, Stephen L. 1997. "Community-based literacy, Burkina Faso final evaluation report."
• Walter, Stephen L., Mary Morgan and Leah B. Walter. 2003. "Prepare for a literacy program."  
• Walter, Stephen L.; Trudy K. Stewart, editor. 2003. "Plan a literacy program."  
• Weinstein, Gail. 2005. "Literacy and uprooted families: an educational agenda for the nineties."  
• Yu, Vivienne. 1993. "Ingredients of a successful extensive reading programme."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Botswana

• Hasselbring, Sue. 2003. Flexibility in literacy programs - keeping the learner in mind.  
• Hasselbring, Sue. 2004. "Flexibility in adult literacy programmes: lessons learnt from Botswana."

Burkina Faso

• Jackson, Robert A. 1997. "Gulmancema literacy: Combining development and literacy."

Cameroon

• Annett, Mary and others. 1989. "The problem of attrition in literacy programmes."
• Gravina, Susan Melanie. 2006. Square peg in a round hole: towards a culturally appropriate literacy programme for the Mbuko of Cameroon.
• Mbuagbaw, Tanyi E. 1998. "Literacy awareness day: An aspect of a rural literacy campaign."
• Mbuagbaw, Tanyi Eyong. 2000. "Kenyang literacy program."
• Robinson, Clinton D. W. 1985. "Vers un programme d’alphabétisation en langues nationales."
• Robinson, Clinton D. W. 1993. "Local action for literacy."
• Trudell, Barbara. 2005. "Language choice, education and community identity."

Côte d’Ivoire

• Brinkerhoff, Leslie and others. 1989. "Community involvement in a literacy project."
• Burmeister, Jonathan L. 1987. "Numbers before letters - Ivory Coast literacy program."

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Hill, Margaret. 1995. "Ngbaka adult literacy program in northwestern Zaire."
• Robson, Barbara, Rudy Klaas and Barbara Trudell. 1996. "A literacy program management training initiative in Eastern Africa."

Ethiopia

• Unseth, Peter. 1997. "Fitting in with local assumptions about literacy: Some Ethiopian experiences."
• Wedekind, Klaus. 1994. "Alphabetisierung and literalität in Athiopien."

Ghana

• Hampton, Roberta S. 1981. Transition programs from vernacular to English in Ghana.
• Hampton, Roberta S. 1994. "Adult mother tongue literacy as developed by GILLBT."
• Hampton, Roberta S. 1994. "Spiritual and social impact of literacy on language communities."
• Hansford, Gillian F. 1994. "Using existing structures: three phases of mother tongue literacy among Chumburung speakers in Ghana."
• Hewer, Judith. 1978. "The training of voluntary teachers for literacy programmes in Ghana."
• Johnson, Merieta. 2001. "Learning well: the socioliteracy of some incipient literate women in a Ghanaian community."
• Ofosu-Appeah, Theodocia. 1993. "Helping people get involved: a case study of the formation of a women’s group in central Ghana."
• Rowland, Ronald and Wesley M. Collins. 1978. "Developing a branch literacy program."

Kenya

• Lander, James A. and Dorothea Lander. 1991. "‘Cut and paste’ literacy."
• Schroeder, Leila. 2001. "Mother-tongue education in schools in Tharaka language group of Kenya."
• Schroeder, Leila. 2004. "Mother-tongue education in schools in Kenya: some hidden beneficiaries."

Malawi

• Franz, Sharon. 2005. "Women's issues in literacy."  

Mali

• Bühmann, Dörthe and Barbara Trudell. 2008. La langue maternelle, ça compte ! La langue locale, clé d'un apprentissage efficace.  
• Bühmann, Dörthe and Barbara Trudell. 2008. Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.  
• Liesch, Maja. 1996. "Culturally embedded literacy among the Fulani: Is it possible?."

Senegal

• Graham, Steve. 1995. "A case study: language development strategies among the Diola people of Southern Sénégal."
• Trudell, Barbara. 2008. "Practice in search of a paradigm: language rights, linguistic citizenship and minority language communities in Senegal."

Sudan

• Archer, Geraldine Mary. 2006. The effect of a participatory model in language and literacy development.
• Arensen, Jonathan E. 1999. "Literacy without schools: the Murle of Sudan."
• Bateki, Ray and others. 1989. "Limited community involvement in the Baka literacy project in southern Sudan."
• Bukulu, Edward M. 1989. "The joint literacy project of the southern regional government 1976-1986: a critical review."
• Yoder, Joan Bomberger. 2008. "Minority language development and literacy among internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, and wartime communities."

Americas

Brazil

• Gudschinsky, Sarah C. 1968. "The complete literacy program."
• Johnson, Merieta. 1994. "Literacy movements in Central and South America and the Caribbean."
• Newman, Barbara A. 1978. "The mini-workshop as another step towards a Kaingáng written literature."
• Tremaine, Sheila. 1984. "A literary experiment among the Rikbaktsa of Brazil."

Guatemala

• Franz, Sharon. 2005. "Women's issues in literacy."  
• Henne, David L. 1973. "Developing writers in minority groups."

Jamaica

• Johnson, Merieta. 1994. "Literacy movements in Central and South America and the Caribbean."

Mexico

• Dufoe, Shelley. 1993. Review of: American Sign Language: Linguistic and applied dimensions, by Ronnie B. Wilbur.
• Gudschinsky, Sarah C. 1968. "The complete literacy program."
• Hunter, Georgia. 1978. "Multi-language teacher training course."

Nicaragua

• Johnson, Merieta. 1994. "Literacy movements in Central and South America and the Caribbean."

Peru

• Bühmann, Dörthe and Barbara Trudell. 2008. La langue maternelle, ça compte ! La langue locale, clé d'un apprentissage efficace.  
• Bühmann, Dörthe and Barbara Trudell. 2008. Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.  
• Davis, Patricia M. 1994. Literacy acquisition, retention, and usage: a case study of the Machiguenga of the Peruvian Amazon.
• Davis, Patricia M. 1996. Leer es aprender: Adquisición, retención y uso del alfabetismo entre los machiguengas de la Amazonia.  
• Davis, Patricia M. 2004. Reading is for knowing: literacy acquisition, retention and usage among the Machiguenga.  
• Easthouse, Linda O. 1996. "Education in South Conchucos Quechua."
• Fields, Harriet L. 1990. "Programa de alfabetización entre los matsés: Los pasos iniciales."  
• Loveland, Nancy J. 1992. "Transition literacy workshops in the Peruvian Andes."
• Trudell, Barbara. 1993. Beyond the bilingual classroom: Literacy acquisition among Peruvian Amazon communities.  
• Trudell, Barbara. 1995. "The Summer Institute of Linguistics and bilingual education in Peru: Philosophy and methods."
• Trudell, Barbara; Marlene Ballena Dávila, translator. 1995. Más allá del aula bilingüe: Alfabetización en las comunidades de la Amazonia peruana.  
• Waters, Ann. 1992. "Programa de alfabetización para la transición del castellano al quechua."  
• Waters, William. 1990. "Un proyecto para la alfabetización de adultos."  

Suriname

• Koen, Pieter. 1985. "Talen en hun uitdaging."

United States

• Bühmann, Dörthe and Barbara Trudell. 2008. La langue maternelle, ça compte ! La langue locale, clé d'un apprentissage efficace.  
• Bühmann, Dörthe and Barbara Trudell. 2008. Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.  
• Chandler, Carolyn Ebel. 2005. "Workplace literacy in industrial settings."  
• Leman, Elena M. 1995. "Passive literacy among the Cheyenne."

Asia

Afghanistan

• Yun, Ju-Hong. 2003. Pashai language development project: promoting Pashai language, literacy and community development.  

Bangladesh

• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  

Cambodia

• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  

China

• Bhola, H. S. 2005. "Adult literacy and adult education in the socialist modernization of China: policy, performance, lessons."  
• Geary, D. Norman and Yongrong Pan. 2003. "A bilingual education pilot project among the Kam people in Guizhou Province, China."  
• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  
• Long Yaohong and D. Norman Geary. 2000. "The Kam orthography."

India

• Gustafsson, Uwe. 2005. "Developing a successful community-supported literacy program: the Adivasi-Oriya-Telugu adult literacy and development project."  
• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  

Indonesia

• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  
• Matthews, Delle P. 1990. "The Berik literacy program: From illiteracy to national language proficiency."
• Pikkert, Joost J. J. 1996. "Perception of Eastern Indonesian community leaders regarding vernacular reading needs for development."
• Ringenberg, Kay and others. 1996. "Biliteracy in rural settings: a look at some Irian Jaya literacy programs."
• Shelden, Howard and Kay Ringenberg. 2003. "Measuring language of wider communication (L2) and local community language (L1) literacy levels in a bilingual community of Indonesia."

Malaysia

• Malone, Susan E. and Dennis L. Malone. 2001. "Literacy for development in multilingual contexts: five characteristics of sustainable programs."

Nepal

• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  
• Webster, Jeff. 1999. "The language development-language promotion tension: a case study from Limbu."

Pakistan

• Franz, Sharon. 2005. "Women's issues in literacy."  

Philippines

• Apang, Nida Guil-an. 2001. "Transitional literacy among the Cotabato Manobo, Philippines."
• Bosscher, Kathleen. 1984. "What’s happening: Philippine Branch literacy programs, 1979-82."
• Dekker, Diane E. 2003. "A case study of the first language component bridging program in rural Philippines."
• Hall, Lee. 1991. "Article I: High school students as teachers among the Western Subanon."
• Hohulin, E. Lou. 1993. "The first language component bridging educational program (a preliminary report)."
• Hohulin, E. Lou. 1995. "The first language component: a bridging educational program."
• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  
• Malone, Susan E. and Dennis L. Malone. 2001. "Literacy for development in multilingual contexts: five characteristics of sustainable programs."
• Piña, Lynne. 1992. "The Western Bukidnon Manobo project."
• Porter, Doris. 1992. "Language-culture types and their implications for vernacular literature use."
• Shelden, Howard and Kay Ringenberg. 2003. "Measuring language of wider communication (L2) and local community language (L1) literacy levels in a bilingual community of Indonesia."
• Van Riezen, Karsten and others. 1997. "A serious attempt to setup a community-owned literacy project."
• Young, Catherine M. B. 2001. "The development of indigenized curricula."
• Young, Catherine. 2002. "First language first: literacy education for the future in a multilingual Philippine society."

Thailand

• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  
• Kosonen, Kimmo. 2002. Literacy in a minority language - the case of Chong of Chantaburi.
• Kosonen, Kimmo. 2003. "Community participation in minority language education in Thailand."

Viet Nam

• Blood, Doris. 1980. "Cham literacy: the struggle between old and new (a case study)."

Pacific

Australia

• Richards, Eirlys. 1991. "Bough shade literacy."

Papua New Guinea

• Ahai, Naihuwo. 2005. "Literacy in an emergent society: Papua New Guinea."  
• Atkinson, Joy. 1994. "A new era in training... DTET."
• Atkinson, Joy. 1997. "STEP course update."
• Berry, Keith. 1999. "Literacy programs: getting the ideology right."
• Bühmann, Dörthe and Barbara Trudell. 2008. La langue maternelle, ça compte ! La langue locale, clé d'un apprentissage efficace.  
• Bühmann, Dörthe and Barbara Trudell. 2008. Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.  
• Cates, Larry E. and Ann R. Cates. 1975. "Authors for Papua New Guinea."
• Clark, Stephen and Dawn S. Clark. 1993. "Where should the literacy programme begin? A self-assessment survey of literacy in [the] Sio language, PNG."
• Dommerholt, Annie. 1993. "The Tok Ples learning to read programme we are developing."
• Farnsworth, Marva. 1969. "Manambu trial literacy."
• Feldpausch, Becky. 2001. "What some of the elementary teachers say."
• Gariai, Balai and Doris Bjorkman. 2001. "History of my literacy work."
• Harris, Stephen G. 1971. "A local government council sponsored vernacular literacy programme."
• Head, Rob and June Head. 2001. "Our involvement in elementary teacher training 1999-2001."
• Hoel, Hanna Marie. 2006. "Do not give up!."
• Keruwa, Rambai. 2002. "Integrating literacy teaching and learning in Kaugel prep schools."
• Lawrence, Marshall. 1992. "The five components of a literacy programme."
• Lillie, Patricia. 1997. "Literacy in ‘other languages’."
• Litteral, Robert. 1999. "Four decades of language policy in Papua New Guinea: The move towards the vernacular."  
• Litteral, Robert. 2001. "Hopes for the future."
• Locnikar, Joanne. 2006. "STEP (S̱trengthening Ṯokples [vernacular] E̱ducation in P̱apua New Guinea): assisting Papua New Guineans with community-based, vernacular literacy programs."
• Malone, Susan E. 1989. "Literacy programme planning workshop: Strategies for developing multilanguage literacy programmes."
• Malone, Susan E. and Dennis L. Malone. 2001. "Literacy for development in multilingual contexts: five characteristics of sustainable programs."
• Malone, Susan. 1991. Planning for literacy in Papua New Guinea: a handbook for literacy co-ordinators.
• Malone, Susan. 2003. "Planning for literacy in Papua New Guinea: a handbook for literacy co-ordinators."
• Murane, Elizabeth. 1970. "A literacy program among the Dagas of New Guinea."
• Rempel, Robin. 1993. "A model for evaluating reading methods: Four basic elements."
• Rempel, Robin. 1994. "Training vernacular school supervisors."
• Scoble, Gillian A. 2001. A step in time: researching and evaluating the role of the supervisors’ tokples [vernacular] education program within the changing context of Papua New Guinea.
• Stringer, Mary. 1993. "Community involvement in multi-strategy literacy."
• Whitby, Clyde M. 1992. "Program planning—business or community perspective."
• Zandstra, Frans and Karin Zandstra. 1997. "Song courses in Amanab."

Solomon Islands

• Gentry, Pamela. 1996. "Moving in unison: Vernacular literacy for women on Ontong Java."

Vanuatu

• Stahl, Janet. 2004. "Vernacular education in Vanuatu: a fond memory of a past generation or hope for the new?."