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Learning to Read and Write Cherokee: Toward a Theory of Literacy Revitalization
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Peter, Lizette; Hirata-Edds, Tracy – Bilingual Research Journal, 2009
In an effort to revitalize the Cherokee language, Cherokee Nation launched an immersion program for preschool and elementary children in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Central to the curriculum is literacy in the Cherokee writing system known as "syllabary". This study focuses on sociocultural and sociolinguistic evidence toward an understanding…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Literacy Education, Immersion Programs, Written Language