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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963488703321

Titolo

Communities of practice : an Alaskan native model for language teaching and learning / / edited by Patrick E. Marlow and Sabine Siekmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson, Arizona, : University of Arizona Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8165-9986-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarlowPatrick E. <1966->

SiekmannSabine

Disciplina

497/.1

Soggetti

Alaska Natives - Languages - Study and teaching

Alaska Natives - Education

Indigenous peoples - Study and teaching

Second language acquisition - Study and teaching

Education, Bilingual - Alaska

Bilingualism in children - Alaska

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue: Community of Practice""; ""Introduction - Patrick E. Marlow, Marliee Coles-Ritchie, Sabine Siekmann, and Joan Parker Webster""; ""1. SLATE Context and History - Patrick E. Marlow and Sabine Siekmann""; ""2. Mentoring: Engaging Communities of Practice - Joan Parker Webster and Sabine Siekmann""; ""3. Reinventing Technology: Computers as Tools for Coconstructing the Local Voice in Materials Development - Sabine Siekmann and Hishinlai� “Kathy R. Sikorski�""

""4. On Becoming a “Literate� Person: Meaning Making with Multiliteracies and Multimodal Tools - Joan Parker Webster and Theresa Arevgaq John""""5. Teachers Drawing on the Power of Place to Indigenize Assessment - Marilee Coles-Ritchie and Walkie Charles""; ""6. Ellangluni: Power, Awareness, and Agency in Language Planning - Patrick E. Marlow and April G. L. Counceller""; ""7. Conversations - Patrick E. Marlow, Marilee Coles-Ritchie, Sabine Siekmann, and Joan Parker Webster""; ""Epilogue""; ""References""; ""About the Editors"";



""About the Contributors""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Educators, scholars, and community activists recognize that immersion education is a key means to restoring Indigenous and other heritage languages.But language maintenance and revitalization involve many complex issues, foremost may be the lack of local professional development opportunities for potential language teachers.