Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ602067
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-5505
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To Save Our Languages, We Must Change Our Teaching Methods.
Littlebear, Richard
Tribal College, v11 n3 p18-20 Spr 2000
Advocates change in the way American Indian languages are taught in schools and by tribal elders, specifically that they should be taught orally in the classroom. Asserts that American Indian languages must be taught in the context of everyday conversation, not as isolated words, and that new words should also be invented in response to the contemporary social scene. (VWC)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation, Language Acquisition, Language Attitudes, Language Fluency, Language Maintenance, Learning Strategies, Native Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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