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Mobile Learning as a Tool for Indigenous Language Revitalization and Sustainability in Canada: Framing the Challenge
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Koole, Marguerite; Lewis, Kevin wâsakâyâsiw – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2018
In this article, the authors explore how mobile learning can complement the Certificate of Indigenous Languages program at the University of Saskatchewan in Western Canada. Through the FRAME model analysis, the authors extract salient cultural, pedagogical, environmental, and technological characteristics that should be considered in the…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Software, Teaching Methods
BBC ALBA's Contributions to Gaelic Language Planning Efforts for Reversing Language Shift
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Milligan, Lindsay; Chalmers, Douglas; Danson, Mike; Lang, Alison – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2011
BBC ALBA is the first dedicated Gaelic-medium television channel in history. It launched in September 2008 and, in late 2010, announced that it would be carried on Freeview, in addition to Sky, Freesat, and BBC iPlayer, thereby widening access to Gaelic throughout Scotland. The channel is a BBC-licensed service that is presently operated as a…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages
Amenager la langue francaise (French Language Planning).
Corbeil, Jean-Claude – Francais dans le Monde, 1991
Discussion of French language planning focuses on two different roles: official, cherished language of France and international language subject to outside influence. Three areas of concern are discussed: borrowing from English; lexical variation outside France; and influence of computer science on language, particularly the use of spell-checking…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Dictionaries, English, French