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"Lingua Nullius": Indigenous Language Learning and Revitalization as Sites for Settler-Colonial Violence
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Shulist, Sarah; Pedri-Spade, Celeste – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2022
This article examines the role that Indigenous language learning and use can play in the establishment of false or spurious claims to Indigeneity. These acts of "race shifting" are situated within the political discourse of "Truth and Reconciliation" and serve to enable settlers to situate themselves in positions where, both…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Land Settlement, Conflict Resolution, American Indian Languages
Translation and Second Language Learning.
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Hummel, Kirsten M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1995
Drawing on research on memory and on the effectiveness of pairing first-language dialogue with second-language script, and through analysis of the language processing occurring in the translation process, it is argued that translation may be an effective technique for second language instruction. (12 references) (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, French, Language Processing, Learning Processes
Learning Processes and Teaching Roles in Native Education: Cultural Base and Cultural Brokerage.
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Stairs, Arlene – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1991
Native education's linguistic and cultural content is effective only using traditional cultural values concerning ways of using language, interacting, and knowing. Brokerage between native and school learning processes emerges in the new role of native educator. Language and cultural inclusion lead to a broad cultural base in native Canadian…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Cultural Education, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries
Fostering High Levels of Constructive Responses in Second Language Learners.
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Corbeil, Giselle – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1992
A scale of processes found most constructive for second-language learning was validated with two groups of adult French students. Instruction of one group included use of the scale. Pre- and posttests of language learning and use of processes suggest that unsuccessful language learners can be taught to improve performance. (31 references)…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods