2010
DOI: 10.7202/044964ar
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Inuit perspectives on sustaining bilingualism in Nunavut

Abstract: This article presents an Inuit perspective on how bilingualism and biliteracy may be achieved and sustained in Nunavut. The Nunavut Literacy Council interviewed “language role models” (i.e., Inuit who are admired for their skill in acquiring, using, and transmitting language) in order to gain their insights into language, literacy, and learning processes in their communities. Interviews show that the role models articulate language, subsistence, social, and socioeconomic skills and practices as parts of an int… Show more

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“…One study by McCarty and Wyman (2009) on bilingualism and Indigenous youth posits that there are four measures of a good bilingual education programme: (a) the ability to use one’s Indigenous language successfully, (b) the ability to engage in the culture of the L2, (c) the ability to understand and make links between the cultures of both languages, and (d) the ability to choose which language to use in any given context. For Inuit, Tulloch et al (2010) propose that learners are considered bilingual when they can skillfully use either or both languages in personal, educational, and professional contexts.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One study by McCarty and Wyman (2009) on bilingualism and Indigenous youth posits that there are four measures of a good bilingual education programme: (a) the ability to use one’s Indigenous language successfully, (b) the ability to engage in the culture of the L2, (c) the ability to understand and make links between the cultures of both languages, and (d) the ability to choose which language to use in any given context. For Inuit, Tulloch et al (2010) propose that learners are considered bilingual when they can skillfully use either or both languages in personal, educational, and professional contexts.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%