Literacy in a Dying Language: The Case of Kuot, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

Autor/in	Lindstrom, Eva
Titel	Literacy in a Dying Language: The Case of Kuot, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 6 (2005) 2, S.200-223 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1466-4208
Schlagwörter	Elementary Education; Foreign Countries; Literacy; Language Maintenance; Native Language Instruction; Educational Policy; Language Planning; Internet; Transfer of Training; English (Second Language); Indigenous Populations; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Papua New Guinea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementarunterricht; Ausland; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Sprachpflege; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Sprachwechsel; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sinti und Roma; Minderheitensprache; Papua-New Guinea; Papua-Neuguinea
Abstract	Kuot is a language in a critical situation. Most adults of lower middle age and older are full speakers but children are not learning it. In other words, it will become extinct in a few decades if nothing is done; but it is not too late if the community decides to turn it around, and do so fast. Thus far, the community has shown little interest. Into this situation, vernacular elementary education was introduced. While the community expects this to work for language survival, the aim of the education policy is the eventual transfer of literacy skills to English. This paper describes the tensions between these conflicting goals, and the various components that make up the specific situation of Kuot, including vernacular literacy, orthographic considerations arising from the language's precarious situation, and the eventual extension of the internet era to Melanesia. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10