Chapter 1. Prospects for Learning and Teaching Indigenous Languages

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Part 1. A Survey of Indigenous Languages in Education in the Americas
6. Chapter 1. Prospects for Learning and Teaching Indigenous Languages 3
7. Chapter 2. State of the Languages 20
8. Chapter 3. Language Policy and Language Planning: The Role of the School and Indigenous Language Literacy 41
9. Part 2. Curriculum and Materials, Classroom Strategies
10. Chapter 4. Promoting Additive Bilingual Development 69
11. Chapter 5. The Bilingual Classroom 104
12. Chapter 6. Biliteracy: Teaching Reading and Writing in the Indigenous Language 131
13. Chapter 7. Language Assessment 160
14. Chapter 8. Conclusion: A Teaching Model for Realizing the Potential of Additive Bilingualism 188
15. Chapter 9. Resources for Schools and Communities 195
16. Notes 201
17. Glossary 225
18. Appendix A 236
19. Appendix B 239
20. Appendix C 243
21. Appendix D 245
22. Appendix E 247
23. References 253
24. Index 270