提高识字能力

阅读能力不仅是个人智力方面的技巧, 同时也是促进个人、地区、和国家发展的关键。SIL 东亚部强调以少数民族语言群体为重点，在少数民族地区开展地区性项目，来造福当地百姓。我们的目标是帮助当地人，使他们能够持续承担发展自己的语言项目。

目前SIL东亚部在中国为四个少数民族地区进行四个双语教学项目，即：贵州省
的侗族、甘肃省的东乡族、云南省的白族和傣族。

Increasing Literacy

The ability to read is not an isolated intellectual skill, but the key to development at the personal, local and national levels. In keeping with SIL's emphasis on the people who use lesser-known languages, our work focuses on grassroots, community-based programs for smaller language communities. The East Asia Group of SIL International is committed to a goal of enabling local people to assume responsibility for sustainable programs in their own communities and languages.

Currently the East Asia Group is involved in four bilingual education programs among four different minority people groups within China: Kam (Dong) in Guizhou province, Dongxiang in Gansu province; Bai in Yunnan province; and Dai Lue in Yunnan province.