of writers, artists and editors, a language community can develop a collection of MT reading materials that will encourage children to love reading. 4
If there are not enough fluent MT speakers who have learned to write their MT fluently, it’ s not a problem. MT speakers who have learned to read and write another language can quickly learn to read and write their own. A brief introduction to their MT alphabet and time to practice writing should be all the new authors need to begin producing their MT stories.
Gawri authors proudly hold up their newly written stories.( Pakistan) © Forum for Language Initiatives, Pakistan
MT speakers from many languages hold up their stories.( Philippines) © SIL International, Philippines
4 A resource for developing graded reading materials can be found at http:// www. sil. org / sites / default / files / files / resource _ for _ developing _ graded _ reading _ materials _ 2013. pdf
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