A Comparative Study of Two Adult Literacy Primers: A Report on Field Experimental Projects for Making Comparative Study of The Two Primers by Ram Shankar

Abstract

There had been very little systematic and comparative study in our country of the effect of the methods used in the preparation of literacy primers on the rate of acquisition and retention of the literacy skills by the adult learners. In most cases the new methods of literacy teaching and learning namely, the word and sentence methods and more popularly known the ecletic method are Introduced by the authors more on the basis of the popularity of these methods among the adult educators rather than on the basis of any action research with the adult learners who are expected to use these primers. The present paper by Shrl Ram Shankar, inspite of its limitations, happens to be a unique research study in the field of literacy methods used in the popular Hindi literacy primers, Naya Savera Previshka and Naya Savera Praveshlka Snnshodit two primers based on two distinctly different methods, brought out by literacy House in the sixties.