Sentences with phrase «one's indigenous languages»

He cited the use of indigenous languages for directional purposes only and the consistently low achievement levels of indigenous students as evidence for this claim.

Her advice: For students interested in indigenous languages, opportunities and funding abound.

Despite good intentions, the recent policy provides no new funds for Indigenous languages and it will not do more to preserve languages than is already being done.

This will require plain English information that is translated into Indigenous languages and presented in ways that have meaning for people from an oral culture.

What, if any, are some other indigenous languages that your Latino students speak?

Special initiatives like Indigenous language programs are positive if they are done well but could discourage attendance if they make students conscious that their cultural background is what is driving poorer achievements.

Without intervention, Indigenous language usage will cease in 10 to 30 years.

Without targeted action and cooperation from the state and territory governments, we will see Indigenous languages continue to die out.

At a rapid rate, indigenous languages around the world are becoming endangered.

There are only 18 Indigenous languages currently spoken by all people in all age groups.

These included: self - government; land claims; community - controlled services; knowledge of indigenous languages; women in positions of leadership; and facilities dedicated to cultural purposes.

Without intervention, it is estimated that Indigenous language usage will cease in the next 10 to 30 years.

The median age of an Aboriginal is 23 years and only one in ten reported speaking one of the 150 Australian Indigenous languages at home.

Created in 1994, the Aboriginal Australia map is an attempt to show the diversity of Australian Indigenous languages using sources available at the time.

3.2 Commit to the development of a national Indigenous languages body with functions and responsibilities similar to those of the Māori Language Commission.

We're particularly excited about this addition for two reasons; we're a Canadian based organisation, so are pleased to show some local pride, and we also have a strong user base in the education sector, so we know this addition will open up new opportunities for educators working with indigenous languages and communities.

The Australian Government's national Indigenous language policy was announced, with a focus on:

The aliens, we learn, can understand English, but speak in their own indigenous language of guttural grunts and clicks (making this one of two major releases this month, along with Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, to predominantly feature subtitled dialogue).

However, more information is needed about how federal policies support indigenous language and culture in education, what CBE programs are currently in use, and how to evaluate and scale up the most effective strategies.

The site can be navigated via a map of language areas, by browsing by place and language, as well as searching words in English or in any of the 50 Indigenous languages included in the archive.

Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records Program - $ 8.8 million to support 66 projects to strengthen and record Indigenous languages through the operation of language centres, multimedia workshops, the production of dictionaries, databases, websites, DVDs and recordings in communities.

Mexico sorely needed linguistic research to develop the country's many unwritten indigenous languages before real educational gains could be made.

This should go beyond sending messages from Bogotá, and should include the different indigenous languages spoken in Colombia, to show a real commitment to those people.

She is currently a Vanier Scholar pursuing a PhD at the University of British Columbia, conducting research on Indigenous language revitalization.

The Mexican Kindle Store includes over 70,000 Spanish - language ebooks, including some in Mexican indigenous languages like Nahuatl.

As well, a Winnipeg member of parliament offers a dire warning about Indigenous languages.

This process helps maintain Indigenous language, culture and identity, and improves Indigenous students» participation in the formal mainstream education system.

According to the NAIDOC Week organisers: «The 2017 theme — Our Languages Matter — aims to emphasise and celebrate the unique and essential role that Indigenous languages play in cultural identity, linking people to their land and water and in the transmission of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, spirituality and rites, through story and song.»

This cross curricula dimension will provide good contextual information about Indigenous Australia, though it is not indigenous language studies.

We will also work with local leaders to develop and pilot test a range of meditations recorded in local indigenous language.

Dismantling Bilingual education potentially endangers some of the remaining Indigenous languages.

* Perhaps not as relevant to the UK, but even there, there are strong indigenous language efforts in Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Cornish

There are around a dozen indigenous language families in Canada, and more than 50 different languages within these families.

Rather than celebrate an historic investment in preserving and revitalizing Indigenous languages, MLA Mike Morris stated that more money should be put into policing their communities instead.

By the early 1980s, the organization's translator - linguists were laboring in 761 indigenous language projects and SIL members had published over 9,000 articles and books.