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Direct linkMarisa Casillas; Ruthe Foushee; Juan Méndez Girón; Gilles Polian; Penelope Brown – First Language, 2024
This study examines whether children acquiring Tseltal (Mayan) demonstrate a noun bias -- an overrepresentation of nouns in their early vocabularies. Nouns, specifically concrete and animate nouns, are argued to universally predominate in children's early vocabularies because their referents are naturally available as bounded concepts to which…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Language Acquisition, Nouns, Mayan Languages
Anuschka van ’t Hooft; José Luis González Compeán – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2024
Young urban migrants can be valuable actors in projects that aim to document and revitalize their Indigenous languages, especially when these efforts involve new technologies. Based on data from a Huastec (Tének) language documentation project in Mexico, this article describes the digital interactions of young migrants in the documentation and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Urban Areas, Native Language, Language Maintenance
Hector de Jesus Palala Martinez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explores innovative approaches to preserving and revitalizing the linguistic and cultural heritage of Mayan-speaking youth of Guatemalan descent in rural Nebraska. It delves into the intersection of technology, artistic expression, and cultural practices, emphasizing the revitalization of Mayan languages in Abya Yala (the…
Descriptors: Mayan Languages, Foreign Countries, Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Maintenance
Luis Javier Pentón Herrera – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2024
This article describes the journey I embarked on as a teacher-researcher to better understand the realities of two of my Maya English learners (ELs) in our learning environment. This yearlong (2018-2019) study took the form of a qualitative case study inquiry whose purpose was to explore how two Maya migrant youth from Guatemala experienced and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Immigrants, Maya (People)
Dan Moran; Theresa Catalano; Héctor Palala Martínez – Bilingual Research Journal, 2024
Many Indigenous Latinx students in Spanish/English dual language programs in the US speak languages that are often not valued or taken advantage of in the process of learning Spanish and English. This participatory critical (collective) autoethnography explores the possibilities of handwriting lessons as a vehicle for the incorporation of K'iche'…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Mayan Languages, Hispanic American Students, Code Switching (Language)
Rustam Shadiev; Qiwei Liang – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Augmented Reality (AR) has gained significant attention in the field of language learning. This study conducted a systematic review of research on AR-supported language learning published between 2008 and 2022. Thirty articles were selected based on specific inclusion and exclusion criteria, and analyzed using an analytical framework with the…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation, Handheld Devices
