Using Gesture to Teach Seneca in a Language Nest School

Autor/in	Borgia, Melissa Elayne
Titel	Using Gesture to Teach Seneca in a Language Nest School
Quelle	In: Language Documentation & Conservation, 8 (2014), S.92-99 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-5275
Schlagwörter	American Indian Education; American Indian Languages; Nonverbal Communication; Sign Language; Immersion Programs; Language of Instruction; Native Language Instruction; Preschool Children; Toddlers; Verbal Learning; Memory; Educational Benefits; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Gebärdensprache; Immersionsprogramm; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Verbales Lernen; Gedächtnis; Bildungsertrag
Abstract	Seneca elder Sandy Dowdy and her granddaughter Autumn Crouse direct a language nest school for children aged two to five years in a small longhouse-shaped building, "Ganöhsesge:kha:' Hë:nödeyë:sta'":, or the Faithkeepers School, on the Seneca Allegany Territory in upstate New York. They practice immersion teaching and use forms of gesturing to teach the children both conversational and spiritual functions of Seneca, capitalizing on the belief that the use of gesturing is an effective tool for teaching children, especially those in the toddler range. Gesturing is useful because language and gesture are positively linked, signing links concepts to verbal learning, gesture helps aid memory, and incorporating gesture while learning a language encourages active learning. Gesturing also helps children learn complex concepts, which is ideal for teaching Seneca since the children are learning the "Ganö:nyök", literally, "let it be used for expressing thanks" and otherwise known as the Thanksgiving Address, a daily recitation that expresses thankfulness for all of creation. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Foreign Language Resources Center at University of Hawaii. Department of Linguistics, UHM Moore Hall 569, 1890 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822. Fax: 808-956-9166; e-mail: ldc@hawaii.edu; Web site: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01