Author(s): Nancy H. Hornberger

Maori Books

DoP- March 2008 256pp This book offers a close look at four cases of indigenous language revitalization: Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Saami in Scandinavia, Hnahno in Mexico and Quechua and other indigenous languages in Latin America. This book includes: international and comparative perspectives on indigenous language revitalization; case studies of indigenous language revitalization programs in schools across four continents; and accounts of indigenous language education by on-the-ground innovators and senior experts.It Highlights the challenges as well as the achievements. Essays by experts from each case are in turn discussed in international perspective by four counterpart experts.