Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages?: Policy and Practice on Four Continents

by Nancy H. Hornberger (Editor)

This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hñähñö 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.

198 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[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.