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

by Stephen May

Book Overview

This volume offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, H h in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. Starting from the premise than indigenous language revitalization is worth doing, the authors focus on HOW to do indigenous revitalization, and in particular, the role of schools in that endeavor. Essays by experts from each case are in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230013325
• ISBN13: 9780230013322
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.5"