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Task-Based Teaching of Indigenous Languages: Investment and Methodological Principles in Macuiltianguis Zapotec and Salish Qlispe Revitalization
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Riestenberg, Kate; Sherris, Ari – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2018
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is a pedagogical approach that involves identifying real-world tasks that learners need to be able to do in the target language and then developing classroom-appropriate, context-specific versions of these tasks. In this paper, we use Long's methodological principles for TBLT to evaluate a task-based approach…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, American Indian Languages, Teaching Methods, Workshops
Transformational Bilingual Learning: Re-Engaging Marginalized Learners through Language, Culture, Community, and Identity
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Tulloch, Shelley; Kusugak, Adriana; Chenier, Cayla; Pilakapsi, Quluaq; Uluqsi, Gloria; Walton, Fiona – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2017
The Miqqut project was a participatory action research project through which Inuit language and literacy learning was embedded in a traditional skills program. Community-based researchers tracked learners' progress through entrance, exit, and post-program interviews and questionnaires, as well as through participant observation. Results show that…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Transformative Learning, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Self Concept
Immersion Defined by Strategy.
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Roy, Robert R. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1980
Proposes a model of immersion strategy based on an emphasis on communication and on the use of a great variety of teaching techniques. (AM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English, French