Can schools save indigenous languages? : policy and practice on four continents
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Can schools save indigenous languages? : policy and practice on four continents
（Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hnahnoe in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts.
Table of Contents
- Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages? Policy and Practice on Four Continents
- N.H.Hornberger PART 1: CASE STUDIES ON FOUR CONTINENTS "Out on the Fells, I Feel Like a Sami" - Is There Linguistic and Cultural Equality in the Sami School?
- V.Hirvonen Top-Down and Bottom-Up: Counterpoised Visions of Bilingual Intercultural Education in Latin America
- L.E.Lopez M?ori-Medium Education: Current Issues and Challenges
- S.May & R.Hill Learning with Differences: Strengthening Hnahnoe and Bilingual Teaching in an Elementary School in Mexico City
- N.Rebolledo R. PART 2: COMMENTARIES: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE CASE STUDIES Revitalization Through Indigenous Education - a Forlorn Hope?
- L.Huss Commentary from an African and International Perspective
- N.M.Kamwangamalu Riding the Tiger
- B.Spolsky Schools as Strategic Tools for Indigenous Language Revitalization: Lessons From [delete a] Native America
- T.L.McCarty Index
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