Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages?: Policy and Practice on Four Continents. Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities.

by Nancy H. Hornberger

This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hh in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts.

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First published January 1, 2008

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[York · Rating 4 out of 5]

Serving four case studies of education programs dedicated to reviving endangered indigenous languages, this book attempts to analyze what makes a program successful and how educators can try to maximize the effectiveness of them.