Teaching writing to children in indigenous languages : instructional practices from global contexts

Summary: "This volume brings together studies of instructional writing practices and the products of those practices from diverse Indigenous languages and cultures. By analyzing a rich diversity of contexts—Finland, Ghana, Hawaii, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, and more—through biliteracy, complexity, and genre theories, this book explores and demonstrates critical components of writing pedagogy and development. Because the volume focuses on Indigenous languages, it questions center-margin perspectives on schooling and national language ideologies, which often limit the number of Indigenous languages taught, the domains of study, and the age groups included." -- publisher's website

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ISBN: 9781138485358 (hardcover)
ISBN: 1138485357
Physical Description: print
xiv, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Teaching Writing to Children in Indigenous Languages: Introduction / Joy Kreeft Peyton -- 2. Early and Emergent Literacy Practices as a Foundation for Hawaiian Language Medium Education / William H. "Pila" Wilson -- 3. Early Writing in Torwali in Pakistan / Zubair Torwali -- 4. Early Childhood Safaliba Literacy in Ghana / Ari Sherris -- 5. Emergent Writing in Notsi in Papua New Guinea / Gertrude Nicholas -- 6. Emergent Writing in Numanggang in Papua New Guinea / Gertrude Nicholas -- 7. Teaching Task-Based Writing in Zapotec in Oaxaca, Mexico / Raquel Eufemia Cruz Manzano -- 8. Cherokee Writing in an Elementary Immersion School / Ryan Wahde Mackey -- 9. Writing Instruction in Xitsonga in South Africa / Nkidi Phatudi -- 10. Early Writing in Nungon in Papua New Guinea / Eni Ogate -- 11. Mother Tongue Instruction and Biliteracy Development in P'urhepecha in Central Mexico / Cynthia Groff -- 12. Ngabere: An Orthography of Language Revitalization in Western Panama / Mary Jill Brody -- 13. Global in the Local: Young Multilingual Language Learners Write in North Sami (Finland, Norway, Sweden) / Mikael Vinka -- 14. Re-Centering Pedagogy on Oral Traditions: Examples From Southwest Indigenous Languages / Christine P. Sims -- 15. What Matters for Indigenous Language Writing / Kendall A. King.