Teaching Writing to Children in Indigenous Languages

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ACTFL Proficiency
applied linguistics
Ari Sherris
Author's Field Notes
Author’s Field Notes
Bilingual Intercultural Education
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Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Syllabary
Clause Chains
comparative & international education
cross-cultural writing instruction strategies
early childhood biliteracy
early childhood education
Early Writing in Indigenous Languages
EGIDS
Elementary Immersion School
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genre-based writing instruction
Ghana
indigenous education
indigenous language pedagogy
Indigenous Language Revitalization
indigenous languages
Joy Peyton
Language Revitalization
Language Revitalization Efforts
language revitalization methods
literacy practices
Low Cost Private Schools
Melanesian Pidgin
Morobe Province
multilingual language learners
multilingual literacy development
oral tradition integration
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Papuan
Papuan Language
Sami Languages
Sami Schools
Severely Endangered
South Africa
Sov Word Order
TBLT
Tok Pisin
UNESCO Atlas
writing instruction
writing pedagogy
Young Men
Zapotec Language

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138485358
  • Weight: 458g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 11 Feb 2019
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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This volume brings together studies of instructional writing practices and the products of those practices from diverse Indigenous languages and cultures. By analyzing a rich diversity of contexts—Finland, Ghana, Hawaii, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, and more—through biliteracy, complexity, and genre theories, this book explores and demonstrates critical components of writing pedagogy and development. Because the volume focuses on Indigenous languages, it questions center-margin perspectives on schooling and national language ideologies, which often limit the number of Indigenous languages taught, the domains of study, and the age groups included.

Ari Sherris is an Associate Professor of Bilingual Education at Texas A&M University, Kingsville, USA. Joy Kreeft Peyton is a former Vice President and currently Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC, USA.