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Grenoble, Lenore A & Lindsay J. Whaley. Saving Languages: An Introduction to Language Revitalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006 | Grenoble, Lenore A & Lindsay J. Whaley. Saving Languages: An Introduction to Language Revitalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006 | ||
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Endangered languages are often not any longer spoken by younger generations. When attempting to revitalize the language by teaching it in school, it is almost like a foreign language to the students. Pedagogical materials have to be revised to teach the students the local language before teaching in that language. Total-immersion programs can only be implemented then. (Grenoble & Whaley 2006: 56-57) | Endangered languages are often not any longer spoken by younger generations. When attempting to revitalize the language by teaching it in school, it is almost like a foreign language to the students. Pedagogical materials have to be revised to teach the students the local language before teaching in that language. Total-immersion programs can only be implemented then. (Grenoble & Whaley 2006: 56-57) | ||