Reading is for Knowing: Literacy Acquisition, Retention and Usage among the Machiguenga
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Davis, Patricia M
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1
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2004
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xxii, 320 pages
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Published
Table of Contents:
List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
- The Setting
- Literacy in Minority Societies: A Look at the Issues
- Reading: What Is Involved?
- Forty Years in Review
- Schools for the Machiguenga
- Developing New Research Methods
- Collecting Data the Cultural Way
- Literacy in Machiguenga Society
- Personal Perspectives: Attitudes and Usage
- Literacy Levels
- Interpreting the Findings
- Gender, Time in School, and Literacy Retention
- Lessons and Implications
Appendix A: Interview Form
Appendix B: Examples of the Reading Tests
Appendix C: Reading Score Chart
Appendix D: Example of the Comprehension Scale
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SIL International Publications in Language Use and Education 1
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5308