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Publications (2)


The Cherokee Nation Immersion School as a Translanguaging Space
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April 2017

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Journal of American Indian Education

Lizette Peter

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Philip T. Duncan

We examine language revitalization as it unfolds in Tsalagi Dideloquasdi, a Cherokee immersion school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Using qualitative and linguistic data collected over two years, we explore how students' meaning-making practices are influenced by macro-, meso-, and microlevel sociolinguistic dimensions. We find that Tsalagi Dideloquasdi is a quintessential translanguaging space, shaped by multiple competencies shared by students, teachers, and parents, as well as the fluid bilinguality characteristic of language-contact situations. We argue Cherokee language revitalization is a process of renewal, not a return to idealized notions of “speakerhood” and proficiency. Moreover, immersion students are agents of linguistic transformation as Cherokee is reinstated in traditional sociolinguistic domains, as well as in new domains traditionally devoid of the language, such as schools.


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... From this perspective, learners are not starting from scratch as they learn their first words and phrases in the new language, but rather they are adding new language competencies into their already formidable communicative repertoire. A handful of studies have documented both the natural presence and intentional use of multicompetence practices in revitalization contexts and communities (e.g., Cenoz & Gorter, 2017;Elliott, 2022;Lowmen et al., 2007;Lüpke, 2018;McCarty et al. 2013;Peter et al., 2017), and we suggest this perspective can be harnessed to support the unique situations of awakening languages as well. ...

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A Multicompetence Approach to Awakening Dormant Languages A Multicompetence Approach to Awakening Dormant Languages A Multicompetence Approach to Awakening Dormant Languages
The Cherokee Nation Immersion School as a Translanguaging Space
  • Citing Article
  • March 2017

Journal of American Indian Education

... À ce jour, ce rôle n'est qu'à titre adaptatif.García et Wei (2014) jugent que ces pratiques translangagières devraient être plus répandues dans les institutions scolaires, car elles donneraient lieu, par exemple, à des pratiques évaluatives qui tiendraient compte du profil des élèves plurilingues, comme c'est le cas de nombreux enfants autochtones. Chez les peuples autochtones, il semble que la reconnaissance de l'apport du translanguaging dans l'espace scolaire pourrait contribuer à orienter la dispensation du curriculum et l'enseignement des langues en mettant un terme aux relations asymétriques entre celles-ci(Peter et al., 2017).D'un point de vue sociétal, Starks (2018) s'est intéressée aux processus interconnectés d'innovation lexicale (lexical innovation), d'attrition lexicale (lexical attrition), d'alternance des langues (language switching) et de translanguaging chez des adolescents des Premières Nations en provenance d'une petite communauté située du nord du Manitoba, scolarisés à Winnipeg en anglais et vivant dans des foyers scolaires anglophones. La chercheuse a analysé des conversations (séances de commérages) d'adolescents cris enregistrées il y a plus de 30 ...

The Cherokee Nation Immersion School as a Translanguaging Space
  • Citing Article
  • April 2017

Journal of American Indian Education