Languages, Part 8
>From http://yosipuedo.com.ar/ Yo Si Puedo web site for Argentina Alfabetización "Un Programa Cubano para poner Fin al Analfabetismo en el Mundo" "Yo si puedo" (Yes, I can) is an international programme for the eradication of illiteracy, dating from March, 2001. It was quite difficult to find more the information given below, on the Internet. What we can understand from it is that this is an extremely successful programme, based on a standard methodology, of which we unfortunately have no samples, as yet. We would like to have some pages from the manuals of the "Yo si puedo" programme. What we would like to know about this programme, for the purposes of our course on languages, is first, how the vernacular languages (e.g. Aymara and Quechua) are protected within this literacy programme, in relation to the colonial language (e.g., in that case, Spanish). Second, we would like to know how the question of cultural content of languages is handled in the "Yo si puedo" method, and related to this, whether there is any political content, whether intentional or de facto. [This Cuban, communistic anti-literacy campaign' slogan "Yo si puedo" is what Barack Obama ripped off for his election campaign ("Yes, we can").] Cuban literacy method benefits almost six million people around the world Almost six million people in 28 countries all over the world have learned to read and write thanks to the Cuban literacy method 'Yo si puedo' (Yes, I Can). According to Enia Rosa Torres, an advisor to the Cuban Minister of Education, 5.8 million people have already learned to read and write using the 'Yo si puedo' method, while 723,900 others have benefited from a similar Cuban methodology called 'Yo si puedo seguir' (Yes, I Can Continue), which guarantees elementary instruction. During a press conference in Havana on Wednesday, Torres said that there are currently more than 2,200 Cuban education specialists making a contribution in 28 countries, with priority given to the member nations of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA). The official noted that, thanks to the efforts of the Cuban professionals and the methodology, Venezuela, in 2002; Bolivia, in 2009; and Nicaragua, in 2011, were declared territories free from illiteracy. The Cuban 'Yo si puedo' method -- which received two honorary mentions from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2002 and 2003 -- has 14 versions, eight of them in Spanish, one in English, another one in Portuguese, and one in Creole for Haiti. There are also versions in Aymara and Quechua for Bolivia, and in Tetum, for East Timor. - (ACN) From: http://www.jayblessed.com/2012/01/23/cuban-literacy-method-benefits-almost-s ix-million-people-around-the-world/ Yo Si Puedo Alphabetization program, Bolivia Héctor Mediavilla The Cuban literacy program "YO SI PUEDO" (I do can), approved by the UNESCO, has been successfully implemented in 20 countries all over the world. Bolivian Ministry of Education has the goal of eradicating illiteracy, that affects around 20% of the population, in the next 4 years. This innovative method consists on TV lessons for a group of around 20 people where a 25" TV set, a VHS video recorder and a pack of 65 VHS tape lessons are required. The group is leaded by a competent member of the community during 3 months to complete the Basic literacy course. YO SI PUEDO program was officially opened in March 2006. There are around 12.000 literacy points spread all over the country. Courses have been recorded in Spanish and in native languages such as Quechua and Aymara. From: http://picturetank.com/___/series/84bdc94c53c59e158d03e759d45553b7/en/a/MEH_ Yo_Si_Puedo.html Yo sí Puedo, a Cuban literacy program YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkmunaBibTA In the process of researching the above, we discovered a Cuban Spanish-Language equivalent of Wikipedia, at: http://www.ecured.cu/index.php/EcuRed:Enciclopedia_cubana · To download any of the CU courses in PDF files please click here <https://sites.google.com/site/cu2012courses/> . -- -- NEW!!!! SSN FORUM IS ON FACEBOOK!!!! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Swaziland Solidarity Network Forum Google Group. Visit the group home page at http://groups.google.com/group/sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum for more options, pages and files. To post to the group, send email to [email protected] or reply to this message. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Swaziland Solidarity Network Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
