Teaching Indigenous Languages

Reyhner, Jon Allan. (Added Author). Northern Arizona University, Center for Excellence in Education (Added Author). Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium 1997 : Flagstaff, Ariz.) (4th : (Added Author).

Summary: "Teaching Indigenous Languages is a selection of papers presented at the Fourth Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium "Sharing Effective Language Renewal Practices" held at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, on May 1, 2, and 3, 1997. This conference brought together nearly three hundred indigenous language experts, teachers, and community activists to share information on how indigenous languages can best be taught at home and at school. The twenty-five papers collected here represent the experiences and thoughts of indigenous language activists who are working in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Mexico. The papers are grouped under six categories: tribal and school roles, teaching students, teacher education, curriculum and materials development, language attitudes and promotion, and a summing up of thoughts about maintaining and renewing indigenous languages"--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780962499036
ISBN: 096249903X
ISBN: 096249903X
Physical Description: print
xii, 324 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Publisher: Flagstaff : Northern Arizona University, Center for Excellence in Education, 1997.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Celebrating Northern Arizona University's centennial year of education." "Teaching Indigenous Languages is a compilation of papers presented at the Fourth Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium sponsored by Northern Arizona University's Center for Excellence in Education and Dept. of Modern Languages on May 1-3, 1997 at the University's du Bois Conference Center in Flagstaff, Arizona"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Tribal and school roles. Keeping minority languages alive : the school's responsibility / Gina P. Cantoni -- A tribal approach to language and literacy development in a trilingual setting / Octaviana V. Trujillo -- Teaching students. Going beyond words : the Arapaho immersion program / Steve Greymorning -- Teaching children to "unlearn" the sounds of English / Veronica Carpenter -- Learning ancestral languages by telephone / Alice Taff -- Coyote as reading teacher : oral tradition in the classroom / Armando Heredia & Norbert Francis -- Revernacularizing classical Náhuatl through Danza (Dance) Azteca-Chichimeca / Tezozomoc, Danza Azteca Huehueteotl, & Danza Azteca Tenochtitlan -- The KinderApache Song and Dance Project / M. Trevor Shanklin, Carla Paciotto, & Greg Prater -- Teacher education. School-community-university collaborations : the American Indian Language Development Institute / Teresa L. McCarty [and others] -- Language preservation and human resources development / Joyce A. Silverthorne -- Curriculum and materials development. Issues in language textbook development : the case of Western Apache / Willem J. de Reuse -- White Mountain Apache language : issues in language shift, textbook development, and native speaker-university collaboration / Bernadette Adley-SantaMaria -- Science Explorers Translation Project / Dolores Jacobs -- Incorporating technology into a Hawaiian language curriculum / Makalapua Ka'awa & Emily Hawkins -- It really works : cultural communication proficiency / Ruth Bennett, editor -- Language attitudes and promotion. Marketing the Maori language / Rangi Nicholson -- Tuning in to Navajo : the role of radio in native language maintenance / Leighton C. Peterson -- The Wordpath Show / Alice Anderton -- The Echota Cherokee language : current use and opinions about revival / Stacye Hathorn -- An initial exploration of the Navajo Nation's Language and Culture Initiative / Ann Batchelder & Sherry Markel -- Summing up. Four successful indigenous language programs / Dawn B. Stiles -- Language of work : the critical link between economic change and language shift / Scott Palmer -- The invisible doors between cultures / Robert N. St. Clair -- Personal thoughts on indigenous language stabilization / Barbara Burnaby -- Stabilizing what? : an ecological approach to language renewal / Mark Fettes.