Language and literacy teaching for indigenous education : a bilingual approach

Bilingual education and bilingualism ;

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.

Language and literacy teaching for indigenous education : a bilingual approach

Bilingual education and bilingualism ;

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