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| Autor/in | Spolsky, Bernard |
|---|---|
| Institution | New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque. |
| Titel | The Situation of Navajo Literacy Projects. Navajo Reading Study Progress Report No. 17. |
| Quelle | (1972), (23 Seiten)
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| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | American Indians; Bilingual Students; Diachronic Linguistics; Elementary School Students; Literacy; Navajo; North American English; Orthographic Symbols; Reading Skills |
| Abstract | The Navajo Reading Study has been prepared for a volume describing literacy projects in the indigenous languages of the Americas. In 1969-70, 2 surveys were made to determine the present language situation of 6-year-old Navajo children. For each survey, a simple questionnaire was sent to all teachers with Navajo 6-year-olds in their classes. Replies provided data on 79% of the Navajo children born in 1964, covering 84% of those actually in school. The results for the 2 years were similar. In 1970, 29.8% of the 3,653 children were reported as knowing no English, 39% as knowing a little English but not enough for 1st grade work, 20.7% as being equally at home in English and Navajo, 5.7% as being speakers of English who knew a little Navajo, and 4.8% as knowing only English. Also, 22 adult Navajos recorded tape conversations with 200 6-year-old Navajo children at 10 different locations on the Navajo Reservation. Interviews were transcribed, in normalized orthography, and key punched for computer processing. A total of 11,128 sentences, 52,008 words (tokens) representing a total of 8,775 different words (types), were processed. Results of the processing included a complete concordance giving each word in the context of each sentence in which it occurs and a list of all the different words in alphabetical order giving frequency and range. Also discussed were the history of Navajo literacy projects, Navajo orthography, concurrent programs for adult literacy as a part of bilingual education, the Navajo reading study, and attitudes toward Navajo literacy. (FF) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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