Can schools save indigenous languages? : policy and practice on four continents /

This book offers a close look at cases of indigenous language revitalization on four continents: Maori in Aotearoa, New Zealand, S̀mi in the Nordic countries, H̨̃h̨̲ in Mexico, and Indigenous languages in Latin America. Contributions by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hornberger, Nancy H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Colección:Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities.
Temas:
Language and languages > Study and teaching.
Linguistic minorities > Education.
Language revival.
Langage et langues > Étude et enseignement.
Minorités linguistiques > Éducation.
Langage et langues > Renouveau.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > General.
Language and languages > Study and teaching
Language revival
Linguistic minorities > Education
Sprachpolitik
Minderheitensprache
Internationaler Vergleich
Aufsatzsammlung
Schule
Préservation des langues.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: can schools save indigenous languages? Policy and practice on four continents / Nancy H. Hornberger
  • 'Out on the fells, I feel like a Sámi': is there linguistic and cultural equality in the Sámi school? / Vuokko Hirvonen
  • Top-down and bottom-up: counterpoised visions of bilingual intercultural education in Latin America / Luis Enrique López
  • Māori-medium education: current issues and challenges / Stephen May and Richard Hill
  • Learning with differences: strengthening Hñähñö and bilingual teaching in an elementary school in Mexico City / Nicanor Rebolledo Recendiz
  • Revitalization through indigenous education: a forlorn hope? / Leena Huss
  • Commentary from an African and international perspective / Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu
  • Riding the tiger / Bernard Spolsky
  • Schools as strategic tools for indigenous language revitalization: lessons from Native America / Teresa L. McCarty.

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