Literacy in the South-Western Pacific : a general survey

Literacy in the South-Western Pacific : a general survey / Karel Neijs

Creator: Neijs, Karel

Created/Published: Noumea, [New Caledonia] : South Pacific Commission, 1957

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LITERACY IN The South-WESTERN Pacific	1
LITERACY in the SOUTH – WESTERN PACIFIC	3
TABLE OF CONTENTS	5
LITERACY IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN PACIFIC	7
II: The Linguistic Background	8
Non-Western linguae francae	11
Division of functions between metropolitan languages, vernaculars and linguae francae	13
Diffusion of the metropolitan languages	15
II: The Extent of Literacy	16
Schooling by Missions	19
Data on the writing of letters and the signing of names	20
Varying Habitats	20
"Hidden Illiteracy"	22
Levels as a result of schooling	23
Patterns of reading	25
IV: The Educational Background	27
School and Community	30
Existing forms of adult literacy teaching	31
teaching of reading and writing	34
teaching of metropolitan languages	37
Some particular aspects of education	40
V: Sociological Starting Points	43
Educating the young and schooling the adults	44
Correlation with habitat and occupations	45
native demand, for education	46
Incentives to persevere	52
Urban and rural labour	53
Examples of possible starting points	54
Literacy and the occupational structure of native society	55
Literacy and native welfare associations	57
Possibilities of using native teachers	57
VI: Outlines of Programmes	60
Correlation with social groups	61
Three levels of instruction	62
Practical points in teaching	63
Priority of certain social groups	63
Programme of remedial teaching	64
programme of first teaching of literacy	70
programme of advanced training	72

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