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- Title
Reaching Children Through Their Ancestral Language and Authentic Literature.
- Authors
Bannon, Kay Thorpe
- Abstract
The author describes a program of Eastern Cherokee ancestral language restoration in Cherokee, North Carolina. One of the primary goals of the program is to enhance the self-concept of the children and motivate the students to experience academic excitement and success. The use of authentic legends and stories is one method utilized in the program. A detailed account of the writing and authenticating of one legend is given. A language immersion program is also described.
- Subjects
CHEROKEE (N.C.); NORTH Carolina; UNITED States; FOREIGN language education; SELF-perception; FOLK literature; CHILDREN; TEACHING
- Publication
Reclaiming Children & Youth, 2004, Vol 12, Issue 4, p232
- ISSN
1089-5701
- Publication type
Article