NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Access to Development Literature in Botswana.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Aina, L. O. – Information Development, 1992
Discussion of development literature in Africa highlights DEVSIS Botswana, which was created to facilitate the collection, organization, and dissemination of socioeconomic development literature, and reports on an analysis of its annual index, DEVINDEX Botswana. Producers of development literature in Botswana are described and problems with…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Content Analysis, Developing Nations, Economic Development
The Image Gap: Toward a Theory of the Effects of International News.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Perry, David K. – 1985
A study tested the hypothesis that highly unrepresentative news stories about foreign nations would have a more damaging effect on the accuracy of inferences formed by United States audiences if the stories concerned developing countries than if they were about developed nations. Subjects, 76 college students, answered questions concerning a…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Audiences, Content Analysis, Developed Nations
Lingala. Materials Status Report.
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Lingala, a lingua franca spoken in central Africa, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of Lingala, the areas where it is spoken,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Berber Dialects. Materials Status Report.
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for the Berber languages, minority languages spoken in northern Africa, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the Berber language,…
Descriptors: Berber Languages, Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries