Daniel J McLaughlin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5243908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel J McLaughlin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel J |
| FAMILY NAME | McLaughlin |
| SIGNATURE | MCLAUGHLIN D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Diné College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
"Comment on "Childhood Memories
Strategies for Enabling Bilingual Program Development in American Indian Schools
Using comparative data from two Navajo community-school contexts, this article details the conditions within these and similar contexts that enable schools to authentically use and validate the local language. In particular, the article addresses concerns about the schools’ role in reversing indigenous language loss and a shift toward English monolingualism. Six social engineering strategies are presented as a means to build dual-language program…
Placing script and voice at a Navajo chapterhouse
This article describes literacy at a Navajo chapterhouse, the centerpiece of local tribal government. Understanding how people use and talk about print in chapterhouse settings requires an analysis of functions for oral and written communication. Limiting the analysis to a functional typology, however, precludes understanding how script and voice become available to individuals and constrain what they read, write, say and do. The study places the…
Power and the politics of knowledge
Asian, and Native American youths will constitute one-third of the nation's student body. Within 40 years, the Hispanic population is expected to multiply two-and-one-half-fold to nearly the size of the Black population, from 14.5 million in the late 1980s to 37 million in 2030. The Asian population is expected to quadruple during the same period, from 3.5 to 17 million. Meanwhile, Native Americans, with the highest birth rate in North America, a…
The Sociolinguistics of Navajo Literacy
This article describes uses for English and Navajo literacy in one small community on the Navajo reservation. The research works from a prevailing view developed by Spolsky and Irvine (1982), which posits the existence of a diglossia. The notion is that Navajos speak Navajo but read and write English, with church- and school-related exceptions. At churches and schools, functions for the written vernacular have developed but remain stigmatized and…
The Sociolinguistics of Navajo Literacy
This article describes uses for English and Navajo literacy in one small community on the Navajo reservation. The research works from a prevailing view developed by Spolsky and Irvine (1982), which posits the existence of a diglossia. The notion is that Navajos speak Navajo but read and write English, with church- and school-related exceptions. At churches and schools, functions for the written vernacular have developed but remain stigmatized and…
Power and the politics of knowledge
Asian, and Native American youths will constitute one-third of the nation's student body. Within 40 years, the Hispanic population is expected to multiply two-and-one-half-fold to nearly the size of the Black population, from 14.5 million in the late 1980s to 37 million in 2030. The Asian population is expected to quadruple during the same period, from 3.5 to 17 million. Meanwhile, Native Americans, with the highest birth rate in North America, a…
The Sociolinguistics of Navajo Literacy
This article describes uses for English and Navajo literacy in one small community on the Navajo reservation. The research works from a prevailing view developed by Spolsky and Irvine (1982), which posits the existence of a diglossia. The notion is that Navajos speak Navajo but read and write English, with church- and school-related exceptions. At churches and schools, functions for the written vernacular have developed but remain stigmatized and…
Placing script and voice at a Navajo chapterhouse
This article describes literacy at a Navajo chapterhouse, the centerpiece of local tribal government. Understanding how people use and talk about print in chapterhouse settings requires an analysis of functions for oral and written communication. Limiting the analysis to a functional typology, however, precludes understanding how script and voice become available to individuals and constrain what they read, write, say and do. The study places the…
Strategies for Enabling Bilingual Program Development in American Indian Schools
Using comparative data from two Navajo community-school contexts, this article details the conditions within these and similar contexts that enable schools to authentically use and validate the local language. In particular, the article addresses concerns about the schools’ role in reversing indigenous language loss and a shift toward English monolingualism. Six social engineering strategies are presented as a means to build dual-language program…
"Comment on "Childhood Memories
Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Navajo (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Literacy (2 works)