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Lowe, Kevin; Tennent, Christine; Moodie, Nikki; Guenther, John; Burgess, Cathie – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
This critical systematic review of Australian research literature provides insights into the aspirations of Indigenous communities to collaborate with schools in establishing local Indigenous language and cultural programmes. This systematic review investigates the body of Australian research into the cultural, social and educational impacts on…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Culturally Relevant Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Pacific Islanders
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Kingsdorf, Sheri – Childhood Education, 2014
One of the domains most commonly affected by autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is communication (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Language deficits in children with ASD can be as severe as to warrant a label as nonverbal, or characterized by difficulties with the functions of communication. Additionally, deficits in language for children…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Language Impairments, Communication Problems
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Jiang, Xiaoli; Cohen, Andrew D. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
This article critically reviews strategy research on learning Chinese both as a second and foreign language. Through a careful examination of major data bases in both the Chinese and English languages, the article summarizes research in the field and the principal research methods used in the studies reviewed. Moreover, key limitations in research…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Chinese, Second Language Learning, English
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Westley, David – Comparative Education Review, 1992
Presents a bibliography of approximately 130 books, journal articles, dissertations, and UNESCO reports (in English and French) about language usage and policies in education in subsaharan Africa. Most items were published in the 1980s. Examines the complexities and politics of language in South Africa, Nigeria, and Tanzania. (SV)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bilingual Education, Colonialism, Educational Policy
Cantoni, Gina P. – 1997
This paper discusses the need for systematic school-wide support of the use of indigenous languages among those who learn them at home and of approrpriate instruction in the same languages for those who do not. The school's role in keeping indigenous languages alive must go beyond native language instruction to encompass dissemination of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Bilingualism
Burnaby, Barbara – 1996
This paper offers a general review of literature relating to the maintenance, development, and enhancement of Aboriginal languages in North America, particularly Canada. Drawing primarily on sociolinguistics, several concepts about language usage and change are outlined that are useful for the purposes of thinking about language maintenance. Next,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Education