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Rosborough, Trish; Rorick, chuutsqa Layla; Urbanczyk, Suzanne – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2017
British Columbia (BC), Canada, is home to 34 Indigenous languages, all of them classified as endangered. Considerable work is underway by First Nation communities to revitalize their languages. Linguists classify many of the languages of BC as polysynthetic, meaning that words are composed of many morphemes, or units of meaning. While strong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Canada Natives, American Indian Languages
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Dunne, Ciaran – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
Although many academics and policymakers espouse the idea of an intercultural curriculum in principle, the practical implementation of this is problematic for several reasons. Firstly, the ambiguity and uncertainty that often surrounds key concepts complicates the articulation of cogent rationales and goals. Secondly, there may be no clear vision…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Articulation (Education), Figurative Language, Multicultural Education