Developing Curriculum Materials for Lessons from the Field  

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Malone, Dennis L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Full Text) vol. 6 no. 5 (2003), page 332 — 348.
Topik: multilingual/bilingual education; language revitalisation; language maintenance; curriculum development; mother-tongue education
Fulltext: Vol. 6, No. 5, 332 — 348.pdf (301.22KB)

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With the gloomy prospect ofmassive language extinctionover the next 100 years, efforts by applied linguists, educational anthropologists, and multilingual educators to reverse the trends in language loss are increasing.Education inminority languages seemsto be a key to maintaining endangered languages and cultures. One often cited challenge to effecticve minority language educationinmultilingual settings is thedifficultyof developing curriculumand instructionalmaterialinmany languages. In this paper, current efforts in minority language education are described and patterns analysed.Minority language communities themselves are a major source of what is necessary – but rarely sufficient – educationally. Endangered language communities cannot go it alone. The author suggests several key collaborations between the minority communities and outside organisations and agencies. In addition, a generalised curriculum development resource is suggested as facilitative of community-based education programmes that result in effective, culturally appropriate instruction.

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