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Cunningham, Clare – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2020
Despite research evidence showing that home language maintenance is important both individually and societally, the task of managing and encouraging it has traditionally fallen to minority language communities and families, tending to lead to inter-generational language shift. Teachers' discourses about responsibilities for language maintenance,…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Maintenance, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Trinick, Tony; Heaton, Sharyn – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2021
The development of state/federal mandated curricula for schooling is a highly politicised process, and even more so for marginalised Indigenous groups who are simultaneously attempting to revitalise their traditional language and knowledge. An example of this is the ongoing struggles between the New Zealand State and Maori to develop curricula for…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Indigenous Populations, Social Justice, Curriculum Development
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Dolowy-Rybinska, Nicole; Ratajczak, Cordula – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2021
The article studies minority language policy in the situation of an internal division within a speech community. It is based on the example of the Upper Sorbs -- a Slavic minority in Germany. The division within this community is based on language use, the level of assimilation and religion. The Catholic Upper Sorbs have maintained…
Descriptors: German, Bilingual Education, Language Planning, Slavic Languages
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DePalma, Renée; Zapico-Barbeito, María-Helena; Sobrino-Freire, Iria – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2018
In this article, we aim to explore the important role of future teachers in the revitalisation of minoritised languages. In the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia, language legislation stipulates that the minoritised language be supported in educational settings, yet this support has been weak at best, particularly for schools in urban areas.…
Descriptors: Romance Languages, Preschool Teachers, Language Maintenance, Professional Autonomy
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Guardado, Martin; Becker, Ava – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2014
This article, part of a larger ethnographic study, examines how a family's affective ties to the country of origin and to relatives still residing there supported their Spanish language development and maintenance efforts in Vancouver, Canada. Drawing on data from participant observation and interviews, the article analyses the parents' diverse…
Descriptors: Native Language, Heritage Education, Family Influence, Spanish
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du Plessis, Colleen; du Plessis, Theodorus – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
Disparities emanating from South Africa's apartheid history still pose a number of challenges to the country, especially in education. Since the transition to democracy in 1994, the prescribed government school curriculum has undergone several revisions in an endeavour to set standards and provide instruction of a high quality. On the language…
Descriptors: Official Languages, Educational Policy, Grade 12, High School Students
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Kim, Catherine E.; Pyun, Danielle O. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2014
How heritage learners successfully maintain their heritage language (HL) and literacy is a significant topic of discussion in the field of bilingual education. This study examines what factors are most closely associated with literacy competence by inspecting Korean heritage learners' language and literacy practice patterns and their literacy…
Descriptors: Korean, Language Maintenance, Literacy, Writing Evaluation
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Park, Seong Man – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2011
This paper explores the influence of Korean ethnic churches on the maintenance of heritage language (HL) and culture among Korean-Canadian students. The ethnographic and qualitative study on which it is based involved participant observation over a 4-month period, group discussions, interviews, and a questionnaire. Participants were 15 immigrant…
Descriptors: Religion, Ethnic Groups, Language Maintenance, Participant Observation
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Tran, Anh – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
Vietnamese, like other immigrant languages, experiences decline in various forms from the time that its speakers first arrive in the US, a process that gathers pace in the second generation, and often leads to a near-complete loss of the language in the third generation. The article deals with the ways in which Vietnamese-Americans have attempted…
Descriptors: Vietnamese, Native Language Instruction, Asian Culture, Cultural Maintenance
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Zhang, Donghui; Slaughter-Defoe, Diana T. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2009
This qualitative study investigates attitudes toward heritage language (HL) maintenance among Chinese immigrant parents and their second-generation children. Specific attention is given to exploring (1) what attitudes are held by the Chinese parents and children toward Chinese language maintenance in the USA, (2) what efforts are engaged in by the…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Attitudes, Mandarin Chinese, Immigrants
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McCarty, Teresa L. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
This article examines current efforts to revitalise, stabilise, and maintain Indigenous languages in the USA. Most Native American languages are no longer acquired as a first language by children. They are nonetheless languages of identity and heritage, and in this sense can and should be considered mother tongues. The article begins with a…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Planning, American Indians, Cultural Pluralism
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Curdt-Christiansen, Xiao Lan – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2006
This paper explores issues of teaching and learning Chinese as a heritage language in a Chinese heritage language school, the Zhonguo Saturday School, in Montreal, Quebec. With a student population of more than 1000, this school is the largest of the eight Chinese Heritage Language schools in Montreal. Students participating in this study were…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Interviews, Heritage Education, Native Language Instruction
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Ngai, Phyllis Bo-yuen – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2006
Indigenous-language education is critical in the rural and small-town communities with mixed native and non-native populations that constitute the headwaters of many dying tongues. Emerging from interviews conducted in 2002 and 2003 on the Flathead Indian Reservation with 89 study participants holding diverse perspectives is the need for a…
Descriptors: Interviews, Multicultural Education, American Indians, White Students
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McCarty, Teresa L.; Watahomigie, Lucille J. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1998
Provides an overview of indigenous-education programs in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. Discussion focuses on the historical context that has seen consistent attempts to eradicate the languages and life ways of Native Americans. Case studies are presented that illustrate the role of indigenous-language-education programs in…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Case Studies