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Language and literacy teaching for indigenous education : a bilingual approach / Norbert Francis and Jon Reyhner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Francis, Norbert.
- Series:
- Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 37.
- Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 37
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians--Languages--Study and teaching.
- Indians.
- Indians--Languages--Study and teaching--Bilingual method.
- Education, Bilingual--America.
- Education, Bilingual.
- Indians--Languages.
- America.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Clevedon [England] ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2002]
- Contents:
- Part 1 A Survey of Indigenous Languages in Education in the Americas
- 1 Prospects for Learning and Teaching Indigenous Languages 3
- Bilingualism as a Resource for Schools and Children 10
- The Indigenous Language Speaking Community: Domains of Language Shift and Language Revitalization 13
- 2 State of the Languages 20
- Mexico 20
- Ecuador 25
- Peru 27
- Bolivia 28
- The United States 29
- Stages of Language Preservation and Revitalization 33
- 3 Language Policy and Language Planning: The Role of the School and Indigenous Language Literacy 41
- Historical Perspectives: The First Experiments in Bilingual Education 41
- The Case of Navajo 48
- The Hopi Language Survey 55
- Research from Latin America 57
- Summing Up the Discussion: Common Threads 61
- Part 2 Curriculum and Materials, Classroom Strategies
- 4 Promoting Additive Bilingual Development 69
- Constraints and Opportunities, Situational Factors and Universals 69
- A Second Language Teaching Model for the Indigenous Language and the National Language 73
- Oral Language Development as Preparation for Literacy 78
- How First Language and Second Language are Related 87
- 5 The Bilingual Classroom 104
- Working with Oral Genres: Teaching Higher Order Discourse Abilities 104
- The Immersion Approach to Teaching Indigenous Languages 108
- The Bilingual Teacher, the Non-Native Speaking Teacher, and Culture 122
- 6 Biliteracy: Teaching Reading and Writing in the Indigenous Language 131
- Indigenous Language Reading Materials 131
- Oral Tradition in the Literacy Program 133
- Teaching the Elements of Literature 135
- A Closer Look at Two Contrasting Examples 139
- Follow-Up Activities for Traditional Stories 146
- 7 Language Assessment 160
- Evaluation as a Component of the Indigenous Language Teaching Program 160
- Validity 163
- Reliability 165
- Discrete Point and Integrative Assessment 167
- A Hypothetical Case Study: Misinterpreting Test Results 169
- Measuring Language Dominance 175
- Evaluating Literacy-Related Language Skills 179
- 8 Conclusion: A Teaching Model for Realizing the Potential of Additive Bilingualism 188
- 9 Resources for Schools and Communities 195.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1853596019
- 1853596000
- OCLC:
- 49519132
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