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Title

Can schools save indigenous languages? : policy and practice on four continents / edited by Nancy H. Hornberger.

Publication

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Hornberger, Nancy H.
• International Congress of Applied Linguistics (2005 : Madison, WIS.)

Description

xvi, 182 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This book offers a close look at cases of indigenous language revitalization on four continents: Maori in Aotearoa, New Zealand, Sami in the Nordic countries, Hnahno in Mexico, and indigenous languages in Latin America. Contributions by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts. Starting from the premise that indigenous language revitalization is worth doing, the focus here is on HOW to do it, and in particular, the role of schools in that endeavour. Schools done are not enough to do the job, but in tandem with other social institutions, can be a strategic resource. Indigenous language revitalization is never only about language, but also about the identities and experiences of speakers and communities. The authors advocate for the rights of indigenous peoples to exercise both voice and choice in determining their own indigenous language revitalization and education processes."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities

Uniform Title

Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities.

Subject

• Language and languages > Study and teaching > Congresses
• Linguistic minorities > Education > Congresses
• Language revival > Congresses
• Language and languages > Study and teaching
• Linguistic minorities > Education
• Language revival
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > General
• Language revival
• Linguistic minorities > Education
• Langage et langues > Étude et enseignement
• Minorités linguistiques > Éducation
• Préservation des langues
• Schule
• Sprachpolitik
• Minderheitensprache
• Internationaler Vergleich
• Aufsatzsammlung

Note

• Papers originally presented at Symposium held as part of the 2005 World Congress of Applied Linguistics held in Madison, WIS in 2005.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9780230013322 (alk. paper)
• 0230013325 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007050211

OCLC

• 183926459
• SCSB-9966615

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library