Teaching Writing to Children in Indigenous Languages

This volume brings together studies of instructional writing practices and the products of those practices from diverse Indigenous languages and cultures. By analyzing a rich diversity of contexts-Finland, Ghana, Hawaii, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, and more-through biliteracy, complexity, and genre theories, this book explores and demonstrates critical components of writing pedagogy and development. Because the volume focuses on Indigenous languages, it questions center-margin perspectives on schooling and national language ideologies, which often limit the number of Indigenous languages taught, the domains of study, and the age groups included.

Ari Sherris is an Associate Professor of Bilingual Education at Texas A&M University, Kingsville, USA. Joy Kreeft Peyton is a former Vice President and currently Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC, USA.

1 Teaching Writing to Children in Indigenous Languages: Introduction Ari Sherris & Joy Kreeft Peyton 2 Early and Emergent Literacy Practices as a Foundation for Hawaiian Language Medium Education Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla William "Pila" H. Wilson 3 Early Writing in Torwali in Pakistan Zubair Torwali 4 Early Childhood Safaliba Literacy in Ghana Ari Sherris 5 Emergent Writing in Notsi in Papua New Guinea Gertrude Nicholas 6 Emergent Writing in Numanggang in Papua New Guinea Samuel Saleng Gertrude Nicholas 7 Teaching Task-based Writing in Zapotec in Oaxaca, Mexico Katherine J. Riestenberg Raquel Eufemia Cruz Manzano 8 Cherokee Writing in an Elementary Immersion School Lizette Peter Tracy Hirata-Edds Ryan Wahde Mackey 9 Writing Instruction in Xitsonga in South Africa Tinswalo V. Manyike Nkidi Phatudi 10 Early Writing in Nungon in Papua New Guinea Hannah S. Sarvasy Eni Ögate 11 Mother Tongue Instruction and Biliteracy Development in P'urhepecha in Central Mexico Kate Bellamy Cynthia Groff 12 Ngäbere: An Orthography of Language Revitalization in Western Panama Ginés Alberto Sánchez Arias Manolo Miranda (Tido Bangama) Mary Jill Brody 13 The Global in the Local: Young Multilingual Language Learners Write in North Sámi (Finland, Norway, Sweden) Kirk P. H. Sullivan Kristina Belancic Eva Lindgren Hanna Outakoski Mikael Vinka 14 Re-centering Pedagogy on Oral Traditions: Examples from Southwest Indigenous Languages Christine P. Sims 15 What Matters for Indigenous Language Writing Kendall A. King