9780773450646

Ancestral language acquistion among Native Americans; a study of a Haida language class.

White, Frederick H.

Edwin Mellen Pr.

2008

216 pages

$109.95

Hardcover

PM1272

White (English, Slippery Rock

U., Pennsylvania) presents findings from a study of young Native American students investigating how their cultural differences affect their second language learning of ancestral tribal languages. The study is based on fieldwork conducted by the author during the 1990s in which he observed first graders in the Massett Haida tribal school in British Columbia. After presenting evidence that Haida first graders do learn and participate differently than their Euro-Canadian peers, the author explores ways that these differences might be accommodated to help all children learn better.

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