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Download full textSpolsky, Bernard; Holm, Wayne – 1971
The amount of English spoken by six-year-old Navaho children as they enter first grade is increasing and will probably continue to increase. Contacts outside the reservation contribute to this increase as do the almost completely monolingual (English) schools. Location of residence is also a factor. Linguistic borrowing of English words is another…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Beginning Reading
Spolsky, Bernard – 1972
It is the task of educational linguistics to describe and analyze language education in all aspects. With respect to the Navajo Reading Study, it is within the realm of educational linguistics to develop and make available information that will permit the Navaho people, working through their own institutions, to make informed decisions about…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Child Language, Diglossia
