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Peer reviewedEdwards, John – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Discussion of language minorities and language maintenance focuses on three issues: the meaning of the terms "minority" and "maintenance" in this context; the centrality of group identity to most minority-language issues; and initial attempts to address minority issues in more cross-disciplinary and intellectually complete ways. A seven-item…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Ethnicity, Group Dynamics, Identification (Psychology)
Peer reviewedJohnson, Pat; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1983
Recent criticism of ethnolinguistic vitality and the Subjective Vitality Questionnaire developed to assess vitality perceptions is discussed and refuted. The concept of ethnolinguistic vitality emerged as an application of social psychology to ethnic intergroup relations and is proposed as a construct for various ethnic, social, and language…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Relations, Ethnicity, Ethnolinguistics
Peer reviewedFlorack, Arnd; Piontkowski, Ursula – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Examines the vitality perceptions of the Dutch and the Germans in the context of the progressive European unification with special emphasis on the relationship between subjective vitality perceptions and group identification. Results are discussed with reference to recent findings and developments in vitality theory as well as with regard to…
Descriptors: Dutch, Foreign Countries, German, Group Dynamics
Download full textGomez de Garcia, Jule; Olson, Maureen; Axelrod, Melissa – 2002
Experiences with indigenous people in Mexico and New Mexico illustrate that there are cultural and situational constraints on women's literacy. A participatory demonstration in linguistics in which the demonstrator is largely silent highlights the group dynamics of learning communities that develop in successful literacy and stabilization…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Cooperation, Cultural Influences, Females
Peer reviewedBigler, Gregory; Linn, Mary S. – Practicing Anthropology, 1999
Linguists working with endangered American Indian languages must realize that fieldwork is a cooperative venture, requiring that control be relinguished to the community. The relationship with the tribe must be negotiated, and linguists must return something concrete to the community in terms of language revival. Working in language teams that…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Anthropological Linguistics, Community Involvement
Nash, Andrea; And Others – 1992
This curriculum sourcebook is designed as a guide for educators of limited-English-speaking adults in literacy education programs. It consists of accounts of actual learning and teaching experiences using a participatory approach to instruction and curriculum development, written by teachers in community-based adult education. An introductory…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Autobiographies, Bilingualism
