"If We Lose Their Language We Lose Our History": Knowledge and Disposition in Maori Language Acquisition Policy

Autor/in	Albury, Nathan John
Titel	"If We Lose Their Language We Lose Our History": Knowledge and Disposition in Maori Language Acquisition Policy
Quelle	In: Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 17 (2018) 2, S.69-84 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-8458
DOI	10.1080/15348458.2017.1389281
Schlagwörter	Pacific Islanders; Ethnic Groups; Malayo Polynesian Languages; History; Foreign Countries; Language Maintenance; Language Skill Attrition; Public Policy; College Students; Student Attitudes; Second Language Learning; Indigenous Knowledge; Language Planning; Language Proficiency; Second Language Instruction; Heritage Education; Student Surveys; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Ethnie; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Ausland; Sprachpflege; Sprachverfall; Öffentliche Ordnung; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachwechsel; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schülerbefragung; Neuseeland
Abstract	Localising knowledge and dispositions helps to predict the likely success of top-down language policies. In so far as language acquisition is a pillar of language revitalisation policy, then community perspectives on learning a minority language deserve attention. This article presents the knowledge, dispositions, and ideas of around 1,300 indigenous and non-indigenous university students in New Zealand about learning te reo Maori as public policy. The article analyses the students' level of agreement to a series of propositions about language acquisition policy, and the epistemic and dispositional stances they took in their free-text commentary to describe the rationale for learning te reo Maori, how and where acquisition occurs, who should learn the language and to what extent, what policy should deliver, and what policy changes are needed. The article concludes that the knowledge and dispositions of the students are at odds with government policy and traditional tenets of language revitalisation theory. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01