Literacy and Education in SIL

• Scope of SIL Literacy Work
• Strategy and Methodology of SIL Work
• Context of SIL Literacy Work
• Local Literature

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• Literacy Training

Literacy and Education

Literacy in SIL

Strategy and Methodology of SIL Work

Five decades of experience in the field of mother tongue literacy has allowed SIL to forge a practical and proven model of literacy based on the following principles:

• community based, see
  • Most Outstanding Literacy Program!
  • A Serious Attempt to Setup a Community-Owned Literacy Project
• solid linguistic analysis, see
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Linguistics
• transfer of technology, see
  • Technology Transfer: Teaching my Neighbor to Fish
• long term support as needed
• local control, see
  • Taking Their Language into Their Own Hands
  • Communities Working Together
• training for nationals and local community members, see
  • Speakers of Mexico's Minority Languages Develop New Skills
  • Beyond Technical Training
  • Teacher Training