Language and Literacy Teaching for Indigenous Education ― A Bilingual Approach

Northern Arizona U. education professors survey indigenous languages in US education and curriculum models and materials for biliteracy. Includes school and community resources, a study guide to the notes, glossary, Indian tales, sample teaching passages, art plates, and excerpts from a UNESCO Declaration on using vernacular languages in education. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Norbert Francis teaches courses in language learning and language teaching at Northern Arizona University. He has worked as a bilingual immersion teacher in the United States and in bilingual indigenous community schools in Mexico. His primary interests lie in the study of child language development, second language learning, and biliteracy. Jon Reyhner is currently professor of Bilingual/Multicultural Education at Northern Arizona University. Formerly co-ordinator of the Indian Bilingual Teacher Training Program at Montana State University-Billings, he has worked as a teacher and school administrator in Indian community schools in Arizona, Montana and New Mexico. His research interests include improving the academic achievement of American Indian students and indigenous language revitalization.