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Language and literacy teaching for indigenous education : a bilingual approach

Title
Language and literacy teaching for indigenous education : a bilingual approach / Norbert Francis and Jon Reyhner.
Author
Francis, Norbert.
Publication
Clevedon, England ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, 2002.

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Additional Authors
Reyhner, Jon Allan.
Description
ix, 278 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
Summary
Northern Arizona U. education professors survey indigenous languages in US education and curriculum models and materials for biliteracy. Includes school and community resources, a study guide to the notes, glossary, Indian tales, sample teaching passages, art plates, and excerpts from a UNESCO Declaration on using vernacular languages in education. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Series Statement
Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 37
Uniform Title
Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 37.
Subject
  • Indians > Languages > Study and teaching
  • Indians > Languages > Study and teaching > Bilingual method
  • Education, Bilingual > America
  • Education, Bilingual
  • Zweisprachiger Unterricht
  • Amérindien
  • Langue amérindienne
  • Enseignement
  • Enseignement bilingue
  • Bilinguisme
  • Méthodologie
  • America
  • Amérique
  • Indianer
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index.
Contents
A Survey of Indigenous Languages in Education in the Americas -- Prospects for Learning and Teaching Indigenous Languages -- Bilingualism as a Resource for Schools and Children -- The Indigenous Language Speaking Community: Domains of Language Shift and Language Revitalization -- State of the Languages -- Mexico -- Ecuador -- Peru -- Bolivia -- The United States -- Stages of Language Preservation and Revitalization -- Language Policy and Language Planning: The Role of the School and Indigenous Language Literacy -- Historical Perspectives: The First Experiments in Bilingual Education -- The Case of Navajo -- The Hopi Language Survey -- Research from Latin America -- Summing Up the Discussion: Common Threads -- Curriculum and Materials, Classroom Strategies -- Promoting Additive Bilingual Development -- Constraints and Opportunities, Situational Factors and Universals -- A Second Language Teaching Model for the Indigenous Language and the National Language -- Oral Language Development as Preparation for Literacy -- How First Language and Second Language are Related -- The Bilingual Classroom -- Working with Oral Genres: Teaching Higher Order Discourse Abilities -- The Immersion Approach to Teaching Indigenous Languages -- The Bilingual Teacher, the Non-Native Speaking Teacher, and Culture -- Biliteracy: Teaching Reading and Writing in the Indigenous Language -- Indigenous Language Reading Materials -- Oral Tradition in the Literacy Program -- Teaching the Elements of Literature -- A Closer Look at Two Contrasting Examples.
ISBN
  • 1853596019
  • 9781853596018
  • 1853596000
  • 9781853596001
LCCN
2002021929
OCLC
  • ocm52266541
  • 52266541
  • SCSB-1265164
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library