Curriculum Development
One of the foundations of the Literacy & Evangelism ministry is our Bible-content primers (beginning literacy lessons) for adults. These primers are developed in partnership with a local church or mission group in a given language area. Literacy & Evangelism trained consultants assist local language speakers to write the lessons for their 2 (or 3) book literacy series.
Literacy & Evangelism primers:
- are Culture Specific
- are Phonetic based and include natural sounding stories
- are Written by local language speakers
- are Designed for the adult non-reader
- are Designed for the volunteer tutor
- Contain Bible-content (including a scripture reference in each lesson, introducing the name Jesus or some Bible-content in stories starting in Lesson 12 and conclude with 36 easy to read Bible Stories)
- Include simple health and farming lessons (to help with development topics)
A list of the available languages and pdf samples can be found here.
Filmed during a Primer Construction workshop in Sierra Leone, this video gives a wonderful
behind-the-scenes look at what goes into the making of Adult Literacy Primers.
Below are some excerpts from the Gurune language Primer from Ghana.
Gurune - Lesson 1
Gurune - Lesson 12
Introducing Jesus
Gurune - Lesson 35
Good Water
Gurune - Lesson 49
Noah
Donate to help fund literacy primers in local languages here.