Supporting Young Indigenous Children's Language Development in Canada: A Review of Research on Needs and Promising Practices
This article offers an original review of research and reports about young Indigenous children's language development needs and approaches to meeting them. The review addresses not only children's acquisition of an Indigenous language but also their acquisition of other languages (e.g., En...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/cmlr.66.1.019 2024-09-09T19:40:30+00:00 Supporting Young Indigenous Children's Language Development in Canada: A Review of Research on Needs and Promising Practices Ball, Jessica 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.66.1.019 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cmlr.66.1.019 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) The Canadian Modern Language Review volume 66, issue 1, page 19-47 ISSN 0008-4506 1710-1131 journal-article 2009 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.66.1.019 2024-08-22T04:14:30Z This article offers an original review of research and reports about young Indigenous children's language development needs and approaches to meeting them. The review addresses not only children's acquisition of an Indigenous language but also their acquisition of other languages (e.g., English and French), because their progress in one linguistic domain affects their progress in others. Indigenous children have inequitable access to supports for optimal health and development and experience persistently high rates of academic failure. A search of peer-reviewed literature yielded no empirical studies that systematically assessed Indigenous children's language development and no controlled studies that evaluated the outcomes of early language facilitation programs or early interventions. Investments in culturally appropriate supports for optimal language development of young First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children are relevant to a range of policy areas, including Residential School healing programs, social justice, education, literacy, community development, employment, and literacy. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations inuit University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press) Canada The Canadian Modern Language Review 66 1 19 47 |
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This article offers an original review of research and reports about young Indigenous children's language development needs and approaches to meeting them. The review addresses not only children's acquisition of an Indigenous language but also their acquisition of other languages (e.g., English and French), because their progress in one linguistic domain affects their progress in others. Indigenous children have inequitable access to supports for optimal health and development and experience persistently high rates of academic failure. A search of peer-reviewed literature yielded no empirical studies that systematically assessed Indigenous children's language development and no controlled studies that evaluated the outcomes of early language facilitation programs or early interventions. Investments in culturally appropriate supports for optimal language development of young First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children are relevant to a range of policy areas, including Residential School healing programs, social justice, education, literacy, community development, employment, and literacy. |
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Supporting Young Indigenous Children's Language Development in Canada: A Review of Research on Needs and Promising Practices |
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Supporting Young Indigenous Children's Language Development in Canada: A Review of Research on Needs and Promising Practices |
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Supporting Young Indigenous Children's Language Development in Canada: A Review of Research on Needs and Promising Practices |
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Supporting Young Indigenous Children's Language Development in Canada: A Review of Research on Needs and Promising Practices |
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Supporting Young Indigenous Children's Language Development in Canada: A Review of Research on Needs and Promising Practices |
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supporting young indigenous children's language development in canada: a review of research on needs and promising practices |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) |
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