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Exploring goals and motivations of Māori heritage language learners

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Te Huia A.

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching

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2015

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vol. 5

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issue 4

609-635

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Motivations of Māori heritage language learners are explored within this qualitative study. Te reo Māori (the Māori language) is currently classed as endangered (Reedy et al., 2011), which calls for the exploration of the motivational experiences of Māori heritage language learners. A total of 19 interviews with beginner, intermediate and advanced level learners were conducted. Results demonstrated how Māori heritage learners were motivated to learn due to their cultural heritage connection to the language and to other ingroup members. This study explores some of the motivations why Māori heritage language learners learn te reo Māori. For this group of indigenous language learners, cultural and language revitalisation are tied to language motivation. Furthermore, the ability to participate in cultural practices was central to language motivations.

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Exploring goals and motivations of Māori heritage language learners

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Te Huia A.

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching

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2015

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vol. 5

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issue 4

609-635

EN

Motivations of Māori heritage language learners are explored within this qualitative study. Te reo Māori (the Māori language) is currently classed as endangered (Reedy et al., 2011), which calls for the exploration of the motivational experiences of Māori heritage language learners. A total of 19 interviews with beginner, intermediate and advanced level learners were conducted. Results demonstrated how Māori heritage learners were motivated to learn due to their cultural heritage connection to the language and to other ingroup members. This study explores some of the motivations why Māori heritage language learners learn te reo Māori. For this group of indigenous language learners, cultural and language revitalisation are tied to language motivation. Furthermore, the ability to participate in cultural practices was central to language motivations.

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From Linguistic Landscape to Semiotic Landscape: Indigenous Language Revitalization and Literacy

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Córdova Hernández L., López-Gopar M. E., Sughrua W. M.

Studie z aplikované lingvistiky - Studies in Applied Linguistics

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2017

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vol. 8

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issue 2

7-21

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For endangered indigenous languages in Mexico, new forms of symbolic representation have been generated by linguistic landscapes. These forms involve the written use of these languages in public spaces, which in turn (re)incorporates the languages into traditional and new contexts. In addition, linguistic landscape production aids indigenous language literacy. Yet the notion of linguistic landscape seems limited to alphabetic writing and grammar standardization through the production of signage, outdoor advertising, and signs. Usually the social actors involved in linguistic landscape production, such as researchers, activists, and public officials, do not recognize the linguistic landscape as inseparable from the concepts of indigenous people. This article argues that the relationship between linguistic landscape and indigenous concepts cannot be mediated only through the linguistic landscape itself, but also through the interconnection of language and remembering as well as the retrieval of the endangered language through strategies of recalling experiences mediated through that particular language. These additional dimensions involving remembering and retrieval become what we refer to as the semiotic landscape. This landscape, including multimodal and multiliteracy methodologies (Kress, 2009), can be considered a channel of language revitalization, as it serves as a space for the interconnection between language and remembering. In this manner, the semiotic landscape allows written language (discourse) to interact with other discourses (visual images, spatial practices, and cultural dimensions), thereby aiding the emergence of indigenous self-representation and cultural values and hence working toward language revitalization. In particular, this pathway to language revitalization can be seen when considering the Ixcatec language in southern Mexico.

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2 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching

1 Studie z aplikované lingvistiky - Studies in Applied Linguistics

2 Te Huia A.

1 Córdova Hernández L.

1 López-Gopar M. E.

1 Sughrua W. M.

1 2017

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Exploring goals and motivations of Māori heritage language learners

Exploring goals and motivations of Māori heritage language learners

From Linguistic Landscape to Semiotic Landscape: Indigenous Language Revitalization and Literacy