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Valeriya Minakova – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Changing orientations to language, informed by poststructuralism and postcolonialism, challenge modernist representations of languages as bounded entities, tied to particular territories and identities (Canagarajah, 2019; Makoni and Pennycook, 2007). Viewing language as a hybrid and fluid practice, these developments question the theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations
Zaynab Amelia Gates – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Recent studies have projected that by the end of this century between half and up to 95% of the linguistic diversity in the world will disappear or become severely endangered. In the last four decades, the Latin American region, home to more than 500 Indigenous languages, has introduced intercultural bilingual education policies aimed at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Latin Americans, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge
Thao, Ger – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Often, teachers enter a community in which they are considered the "Outsiders" and are tasked with learning and teaching about the "Other." This qualitative case study focused on how K-12 Hawai'i Department of Education public school teachers, from backgrounds different from their diverse learners changed their perspectives and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Student Diversity, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Nayibe Azzad – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The field of Heritage Language has experienced a great deal of advancement in the past few decades. Much research effort has been dedicated to analyzing and understanding different aspects of heritage language speakers, but less work has been done in the topic of pedagogical approaches. The few recent studies on pedagogical approaches have focused…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Heritage Education
Allison Taylor-Adams – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation investigates the initial and ongoing motivations of language revitalization practitioners. This study extends our understandings of language revitalization from the programmatic and sociological levels to the level of the individual practitioner. It also extends theory in L2 motivation into a largely unstudied language learning…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Models, Language Research, Second Language Learning
Joel Isaak Liq'a Yes – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Dena'ina language is a well-documented Northern Dene Alaska Native language in south-central Alaska. The Dena'ina language is on the brink of going to sleep. The Dena'ina community strongly desires for the Dena'ina language to once again thrive in the community. Language-use within the community is a contributing factor to the health of the…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, Indigenous Populations
Velma Pretty On Top – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative study explored the dynamic aspects of American Indian language integration in education along with language revitalization efforts. Due to the special government to government relationship between the Tribes and the federal government, formal Native American education began with forced assimilation and language loss was linked to…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Best Practices, Teaching Methods, Language Maintenance
Montalvo, Lucy A. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Dual language (DL) schools provide literacy in students' native languages; however, it is unknown if there is a focus on oral language (OL) development, an essential component for emergent bilinguals'(EB) literacy development. The purpose of this mixed-methods case study is to understand what DL teachers in Virginia know about OL instruction when…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Literacy Education
Emily Voegler – ProQuest LLC, 2021
With an increase in multilingual learners in U.S. public schools, there is an imperative to understand the language practices, ideologies, and pedagogies within culturally and linguistically sustaining heritage language programs inside schools. Building on principles of translanguaging as a theory of practical language (Garcia, 2009; Li, 2018),…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Trinidad-Sheahan, Cynthia – ProQuest LLC, 2019
There is difficulty in defining the profile of a Heritage Language Learner (HLL) due to the experiences with language that individuals face in their social and academic world. There are questions centered on whether a categorical distinction between the native speaker and the native user can be upheld; this is inherently problematic when there is…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Native Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
McClour, Christine Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2015
In the past several decades the global village has witnessed a rapid decline in the number of indigenous languages. This study was a narrative inquiry within a qualitative methodology. Two research questions were used to analyze the narratives of Choctaw Nation Head Start teachers concerning technology usage for increasing, and revitalizing the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Language Maintenance, Cultural Awareness, Preschool Teachers
Taylor, Arthur Maxwell Teewispelu – ProQuest LLC, 2013
From time immemorial, the Niimiipuu (Nez Perce) were very successful in passing on the traditions, languages, religions, and practices of the tribal people. Once created by `Iceyeeye (Coyote), the Children of the Coyote (Nez Perce) began to build and create their own society. The Niimiipuu built a system based upon economics, medicine, science,…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Students, American Indian History, Cultural Maintenance
Yamada, Racquel-Maria – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Since 2005, I have been working with members of the Kari'nja community of Konomerume, Suriname to document, describe, preserve, and revitalize their heritage language, the Aretyry dialect of Kari'nja (Cariban family). Simultaneously, I have worked to develop, pilot, and articulate a model of field research that depends on participation from speech…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Language Maintenance, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries