Adult Indigenous language learning in Western Canada: What is holding us back?

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dc.contributor.authorMcIvor, Onowa
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-04T17:43:57Z
dc.date.available2020-05-04T17:43:57Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractAdult language learners are often overlooked as serious contributors to the overall revival of Indigenous languages. This paper focuses on this “missing generation”, those who are striving to (re)gain their ancestral language(s) in their adult life. The findings that emerged from a self-study of one urban adult Indigenous language learner allow the following questions to be more broadly addressed: What do we know about adult Indigenous language learning? Are some learning and teaching methods more promising than others? What conditions must exist for successful adult language acquisition? What is holding us back? What are the common barriers and challenges for adult language learners? How do we overcome the common barriers and challenges to successfully achieve language proficiency? The following paper addresses these questions in an exploration of adult Indigenous language learning in Western Canada using research journal excerpts from my autoethnographic study as well as an exploration of relevant literature.
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationMcIvor, O. (2015). Adult Indigenous language learning in Western Canada: What is holding us back? In K. A. Michel, P. D. Walton, E. Bourassa, & J. Miller (Eds.), Living our languages: Papers from the 19th Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium (pp. 37-49). Linus Learning.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781607976028
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/11709
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLinus Learningen_US
dc.titleAdult Indigenous language learning in Western Canada: What is holding us back?en_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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