Full Description
This volume brings together studies of instructional writing practices and the products of those practices from diverse Indigenous languages and cultures. By analyzing a rich diversity of contexts—Finland, Ghana, Hawaii, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, and more—through biliteracy, complexity, and genre theories, this book explores and demonstrates critical components of writing pedagogy and development. Because the volume focuses on Indigenous languages, it questions center-margin perspectives on schooling and national language ideologies, which often limit the number of Indigenous languages taught, the domains of study, and the age groups included.
Contents
1 Teaching Writing to Children in Indigenous Languages: Introduction
Ari Sherris & Joy Kreeft Peyton
2 Early and Emergent Literacy Practices as a Foundation for Hawaiian Language Medium Education
Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla
William "Pila" H. Wilson
3 Early Writing in Torwali in Pakistan
Zubair Torwali
4 Early Childhood Safaliba Literacy in Ghana
Ari Sherris
5 Emergent Writing in Notsi in Papua New Guinea
Gertrude Nicholas
6 Emergent Writing in Numanggang in Papua New Guinea
Samuel Saleng
Gertrude Nicholas
7 Teaching Task-based Writing in Zapotec in Oaxaca, Mexico
Katherine J. Riestenberg
Raquel Eufemia Cruz Manzano
8 Cherokee Writing in an Elementary Immersion School
Lizette Peter
Tracy Hirata-Edds
Ryan Wahde Mackey
9 Writing Instruction in Xitsonga in South Africa
Tinswalo V. Manyike
Nkidi Phatudi
10 Early Writing in Nungon in Papua New Guinea
Hannah S. Sarvasy
Eni Ögate
11 Mother Tongue Instruction and Biliteracy Development in P'urhepecha in Central Mexico
Kate Bellamy
Cynthia Groff
12 Ngäbere: An Orthography of Language Revitalization in Western Panama
Ginés Alberto Sánchez Arias
Manolo Miranda (Tido Bangama)
Mary Jill Brody
13 The Global in the Local: Young Multilingual Language Learners Write in North Sámi (Finland, Norway, Sweden)
Kirk P. H. Sullivan
Kristina Belancic
Eva Lindgren
Hanna Outakoski
Mikael Vinka
14 Re-centering Pedagogy on Oral Traditions: Examples from Southwest Indigenous Languages
Christine P. Sims
15 What Matters for Indigenous Language Writing
Kendall A. King
