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ERIC ED234637: Language among the Cherokee: Patterns of Language Us... |
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Preliminary findings of a survey of Cherokee language and |
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education and the data collection and analysis methods |
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are reported. The survey was designed to study language |
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use, bilingualism, and education in the Cherokee |
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community. The scope of the survey encompassed Cherokee |
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children between the ages of 5 and 14 who attended public |
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school and lived within the traditional area of the |
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Cherokee Nation. A total of 198 children were randomly |
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selected from eight schools within this area. Major |
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findings are summarized regarding (1) household language |
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use, (2) individual language use and change across |
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generations, (3) children's language proficiency, (4) |
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opinions about languages and bilingualism, (5) bilingual |
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education, (6) language learning and teaching at home, |
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and (7) the impact of television and radio. Information |
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is provided on how the survey was organized, designed, |
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and conducted. The procedures for selecting the |
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respondents and the characteristics of the respondents |
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are described. (RW) |
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Date Published: 2015-01-10 12:43:26 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED234637 |
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Item Size: 46597934 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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