Threatened Indigenous Languages: An analysis of tribal perspectives and responses

受威胁的土著语言：部落观点和反应的分析

• 批准号: 1444336
• 负责人: Paul Boyer
• 金额: $ 29.13万
• 依托单位: Salish Kootenai College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-15 至 2019-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1444336&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Threatened; Indigenous; Languages; analysis; tribal

Improved opportunities in STEM education must be coupled with supportive approaches and conditions to help students succeed. Studies have shown that students who are fluent in a tribal language have greater academic success than students who are semi-fluent in two languages. The enhanced academic performance of Native students in STEM studies will result in more indigenous STEM professionals entering the workforce, thereby both strengthening and diversifying the study and application of STEM knowledge. The work of this project will increase the body of knowledge around ways to preserve, foster, and restore Native languages, particularly among American Indian people.Threatened Indigenous Languages: An analysis of tribal perspectives and responses, will investigate why and how indigenous communities (especially those with tribal colleges) promote the survival or revival of their ancestral languages. Although most language survival efforts focus on the specific task of recording and documenting threatened languages, this study will, instead, examine larger social and cultural forces in Native societies that encourage or inhibit community awareness and community-based action. Site visits will examine how various tribal communities perceive the value of indigenous languages, how these communities define language survival goals, and how they develop policies and programs to reach established goals. Finally, it will examine the degree to which current language survival efforts are succeeding and, based on these findings, to identify lessons learned and next steps.

STEM教育的机会增加必须与支持性方法和条件相结合，以帮助学生取得成功。 研究表明，精通一种部落语言的学生比精通两种语言的学生在学业上取得更大的成功。 土著学生在STEM研究中的学习成绩提高将导致更多的土著STEM专业人员进入劳动力市场，从而加强STEM知识的学习和应用并使其多样化。 该项目的工作将增加知识的身体周围的方式来保护，促进和恢复土著语言，特别是在美洲印第安人。受威胁的土著语言：部落的观点和反应的分析，将调查为什么和如何土著社区（特别是那些与部落学院）促进其祖先的语言的生存或复兴。虽然大多数语言生存的努力集中在记录和记录受威胁的语言的具体任务，本研究将，而不是，研究更大的社会和文化力量在土著社会，鼓励或抑制社区意识和社区为基础的行动。实地考察将考察各个部落社区如何看待土著语言的价值，这些社区如何定义语言生存目标，以及他们如何制定政策和计划以实现既定目标。 最后，它将审查目前语文生存努力的成功程度，并根据这些调查结果，确定经验教训和今后的步骤。