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Sarah Shulist; Faun Rice – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2019
This paper addresses the gaps between language documentation and language revitalization. It is intended for several audiences, including field linguists interested in supporting endangered language sustainability efforts and participants of all kinds in language revitalization courses, programs, and infrastructure. The authors contend that…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Maintenance, Documentation, Language Research
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2018
The Native American and Alaska Native Children in School (NAM) discretionary grants program aims to reduce the persistent achievement gap between Native American and Alaska Native (NA/AN) youth and their peers in reading and English language arts (ELA) and college readiness in reading. NA/AN students enter school with varying levels of skill in…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Alaska Natives, Achievement Gap, American Indian Languages
Futernick, Ken; Arnstine, Barbara; Hodson, Tim; Le Fevre, Cindy – 1996
The materials presented here are designed to provide background information and stimulate discussion of bilingual education in a televised town meeting held on May 9, 1996 in Sacramento, California. The meeting, one of a series, is intended as a forum for California high school students, educators, and legislators to engage in dialogue about…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Cultural Awareness, Educational Objectives
Campos, James – 1985
The Carpinteria school district in California has developed a model preschool program to bring Spanish-dominant preschool children up to a level of readiness for school that compares favorably with that of English-speaking children in the same community. That goal is achieved by developing skills in four major areas: Spanish language, cognition,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition