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Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages?: Policy and Practice on Four Continents (Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities) (Paperback)
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Short Description for Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages?This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: MA ori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Sami in Scandinavia, Hnahno 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.
Full description- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Published: 10 November 2010
- Format: Paperback 200 pages
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- Categories: Linguistics | Sociolinguistics | Multicultural Education | Organization & Management Of Education
- ISBN 13: 9780230285002 ISBN 10: 0230285007
- Sales rank: 411,690
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Full description for Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages?
Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages? offers a close look at cases of indigenous language revitalization on four continents: MA ori 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 alone 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.
