Language and Literacy Teaching for Indigenous Education : A Bilingual Approach.

Intro -- 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.

This book 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 US 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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