Language Immersion Tepee” as a Facilitator of Sámi Language Learning

Bibliographic Data

ID12763003
AuthorsPigga Keskitalo (0000-0002-7722-9482, Sámi University of Applied Sciences, corresponding author), Kaarina Määttä (0000-0001-5658-7021, University of Lapland), Satu Uusiautti (0000-0002-2409-6460, University of Lapland)
Year2014
Volume13
Issue1
Pages70-79
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language Identity & Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1532-7701 • E-ISSN: 1534-8458
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15348458.2014.864215
OpenAlexW2033881921
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Due to the history of assimilation, power relations, and their sociolinguistic situation, the Sámi languages are categorized as endangered. The position of the Sámi languages in Sámi education is reviewed, and language immersion as a teaching method and as a means of language maintenance is discussed. Sámi language learning is described through the theoretical model of a “Language Immersion Tepee,” adapted from an idea in which the pupil advances to more and more skillful levels in language proficiency through affective, social, cognitive, and practical learning and in which the status of the language, the community context, and indigenous epistemology are taken into consideration. This model was created for use in situations in which the reality of Sámi teaching is diverse and complicated

Comprehension approach · Facilitator · Language acquisition · Language assessment · Language education · Language pedagogy · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Sociology of language · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology