EDU 551 Foundations of Teaching Indigenous Languages: Theory, History, Programs

Foundations of Teaching Indigenous Languages: Theory, History, Programs provides the basic history, theories, issues, and concepts related to teaching Indigenous languages. This course will cover varieties of language reclamation models, history, policy and politics of Indigenous language, as well as issues in teaching and learning Indigenous languages. This course focuses both on international and national perspectives by providing examples of endangered and reclaimed languages from around the world. This course flows from the topic of language endangerment to language reclamation in the Americas to a local New York perspective on indigenous language endangerment/reclamation. Topics such as policies and politics, linguistic human rights, and new domains for Indigenous languages will be a focus of this course.

Credits

3

Offered

Every year