Conversations About Indigenous Language Revitalization: Urban Edmonton Strategies and Methods

This study examines how the indigenous ways of knowing are implemented within community- based language teaching programming within Edmonton. Some Indigenous languages are still learned at home from birth, and in others, daycare and schools play a larger role in introducing the language to children;...

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Main Author: Brinston, Allyson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: MacEwan Open Journals 2022
Subjects:
Nakoda
Online Access:https://journals.macewan.ca/studentresearch/article/view/2302
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spelling ftmacewanuojs:oai::article/2302 2024-09-15T18:19:02+00:00 Conversations About Indigenous Language Revitalization: Urban Edmonton Strategies and Methods Brinston, Allyson 2022-08-31 https://journals.macewan.ca/studentresearch/article/view/2302 unknown MacEwan Open Journals https://journals.macewan.ca/studentresearch/article/view/2302 Student Research Proceedings; Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022): Student Research Day 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftmacewanuojs 2024-07-29T03:01:59Z This study examines how the indigenous ways of knowing are implemented within community- based language teaching programming within Edmonton. Some Indigenous languages are still learned at home from birth, and in others, daycare and schools play a larger role in introducing the language to children; here, through a local case study, this project investigates how Indigenous languages are being taught to adults in community programs in urban Edmonton. Through interviews with participants who teach Indigenous languages (e.g., Plains Cree, Nakoda) to adults, I present methods and strategies for revitalizing their language and teaching language within urban settings such as Edmonton. Department: Anthropology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jenanne Ferguson Article in Journal/Newspaper Nakoda MacEwan Open Journals (MacEwan University)
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description This study examines how the indigenous ways of knowing are implemented within community- based language teaching programming within Edmonton. Some Indigenous languages are still learned at home from birth, and in others, daycare and schools play a larger role in introducing the language to children; here, through a local case study, this project investigates how Indigenous languages are being taught to adults in community programs in urban Edmonton. Through interviews with participants who teach Indigenous languages (e.g., Plains Cree, Nakoda) to adults, I present methods and strategies for revitalizing their language and teaching language within urban settings such as Edmonton. Department: Anthropology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jenanne Ferguson
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Brinston, Allyson
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Conversations About Indigenous Language Revitalization: Urban Edmonton Strategies and Methods
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title Conversations About Indigenous Language Revitalization: Urban Edmonton Strategies and Methods
title_short Conversations About Indigenous Language Revitalization: Urban Edmonton Strategies and Methods
title_full Conversations About Indigenous Language Revitalization: Urban Edmonton Strategies and Methods
title_fullStr Conversations About Indigenous Language Revitalization: Urban Edmonton Strategies and Methods
title_full_unstemmed Conversations About Indigenous Language Revitalization: Urban Edmonton Strategies and Methods
title_sort conversations about indigenous language revitalization: urban edmonton strategies and methods
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