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Direct linkPeter, Lizette; Hirata-Edds, Tracy E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2006
Language loss is a concern for the Cherokee Nation in northeastern Oklahoma. As part of language revitalisation efforts, in 2001 Cherokee Nation opened the Cherokee Immersion Preschool in which teachers use only Cherokee throughout the day with their monolingual English-speaking students. Based on a study of the Immersion Preschool that spanned…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Language Skill Attrition, Language Skills, Immersion Programs
