Language and Literacy Teaching for Indigenous Education
eBook - PDF

Language and Literacy Teaching for Indigenous Education

A Bilingual Approach

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Language and Literacy Teaching for Indigenous Education

A Bilingual Approach

About this book

Language and Literacy Teaching for Indigenous Education: A Bilingual Approach presents a proposal for the inclusion of indigenous languages in the classroom. Based on extensive research and field work by the authors in communities in the United States and Mexico, the book explores ways in which the cultural and linguistic resources of indigenous communities can enrich the language and literacy program.

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Yes, you can access Language and Literacy Teaching for Indigenous Education by Norbert Francis,Jon Reyhner in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Inclusive Education. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Part 1 A Survey of Indigenous Languages in Education in the Americas
  5. Chapter 1 Prospects for Learning and Teaching Indigenous Languages
  6. Chapter 2 State of the Languages
  7. Chapter 3 Language Policy and Language Planning: The Role of the School and Indigenous Language Literacy
  8. Part 2 Curriculum and Materials, Classroom Strategies
  9. Chapter 4 Promoting Additive Bilingual Development
  10. Chapter 5 The Bilingual Classroom
  11. Chapter 6 Biliteracy: Teaching Reading and Writing in the Indigenous Language
  12. Chapter 7 Language Assessment
  13. Chapter 8 Conclusion: A Teaching Model for Realizing the Potential of Additive Bilingualism
  14. Chapter 9 Resources for Schools and Communities
  15. Notes
  16. Glossary
  17. Appendix A
  18. Appendix B
  19. Appendix C
  20. Appendix D
  21. Appendix E
  22. References
  23. Index