1. Facilitator:    + teaching assistant

2. Learning Outcomes:

The overall goal of this course is to equip the learner to facilitate the development of a new or assessment of an existing orthography by the local community using linguistic, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and pedagogical principles.

Upon completion of this course, participants shall be able to:

• define and assess different issues that arise in orthography development;
• describe how linguistic, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and pedagogical factors inform orthography design;
• apply linguistic, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and pedagogical principles to the development of an appropriate orthography for a given sound system;
• facilitate local community participation in the process of orthography development
• understand the steps necessary to create a first draft of a technical orthography description;
• create a first draft of a writers’ guide to the use of the orthography in his/her language;
• facilitate use of the orthography by the local community;
• understand the importance of formal orthography testing and identify appropriate test methodologies according to aims

3. Reference materials and required readings:

Easton, C. and Wroge, D. (2002) Manual for Alphabet Design through Community Interaction for Papua New Guinea Elementary Teacher Trainers.  SIL, Papua New Guinea.

Malone, S. (2006). Planning Community-Based Education Programs in Minority Language Communities: Resource manual for Mother Tongue speakers of minority languages engaged in planning and implementing education programs in their own communities. (unpublished manuscript).

Roberts, David. (2008). L’orthographe du ton en kabiyè au banc d’essai. (Doctoral Thesis, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris).

Schroeder, Leila. (2008). Bantu Orthography Manual. SIL epublication. http://www.sil.org/silepubs/Pubs/50630/50630_BantuOrthographyManual.pdf.

Snider, K. Tone Considerations.  (Book – to appear)

(See additional references at the end of this document)

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