Lizette Peter
Biographic Data
| ID | 5435714 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lizette Peter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lizette |
| FAMILY NAME | Peter |
| SIGNATURE | PETER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Cherokee Nation Immersion School as a Translanguaging Space
Lizette Peter, Tracy Hirata-Edds, Durbin Feeling, Wyman Kirk, Ryan “Wahde” Mackey, Philip T. Duncan, The Cherokee Nation Immersion School as a Translanguaging Space, Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Spring 2017), pp. 5-31
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Examining the Career Choices of Alternatively Licensed Teachers in Urban Schools
Learning to Read and Write Cherokee
In an effort to revitalize the Cherokee language, Cherokee Nation launched an immersion program for preschool and elementary children in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Central to the curriculum is literacy in the Cherokee writing system known as syllabary. This study focuses on sociocultural and sociolinguistic evidence toward an understanding of the syllabary's role in Cherokee immersion, children's general literacy skills, and the micro- and macrolevel c…
Verb development by children in the Cherokee language immersion program, with implications for teaching
Our Beloved Cherokee
This article contributes to our knowledge of endangered language revitalization by offering a case study of a Cherokee Nation (CN) preschool immersion program named Tsalagi Ageyui, "Our Beloved Cherokee." A naturalistic inquiry into the micro- and macrosociocultural dimensions of reversing Cherokee language shift reveals that, of all CN language programs, Tsalagi Ageyui holds the greatest potential to increase intergenerational, mother-tongue tra…
Using Assessment to Inform Instruction in Cherokee Language Revitalisation
Language loss is a concern for the Cherokee Nation in northeastern Oklahoma. As part of language revitalisation efforts, in 2001 Cherokee Nation opened the Cherokee Immersion Preschool in which teachers use only Cherokee throughout the day with their monolingual English-speaking students. Based on a study of the Immersion Preschool that spanned six months, this paper describes the positive backwash effects of assessment on practices of teachers i…
The Effects of Native Language vs. Target Language Captions on Foreign Language Students' DVD Video Comprehension
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using Spanish captions, English captions, or no captions with a Spanish‐language soundtrack on intermediate university‐level Spanish as a Foreign Language students' comprehension of DVD passage material. A total of 169 intermediate ( fourth‐semester ) students predicated as intact groups in the study. The passage material consisted of a 7‐minute DVD episode about preparation for the Apollo 1…
The Effects of Native Language vs. Target Language Captions on Foreign Language Students' DVD Video Comprehension
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using Spanish captions, English captions, or no captions with a Spanish‐language soundtrack on intermediate university‐level Spanish as a Foreign Language students' comprehension of DVD passage material. A total of 169 intermediate ( fourth‐semester ) students predicated as intact groups in the study. The passage material consisted of a 7‐minute DVD episode about preparation for the Apollo 1…
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Examining the Career Choices of Alternatively Licensed Teachers in Urban Schools
Our Beloved Cherokee
This article contributes to our knowledge of endangered language revitalization by offering a case study of a Cherokee Nation (CN) preschool immersion program named Tsalagi Ageyui, "Our Beloved Cherokee." A naturalistic inquiry into the micro- and macrosociocultural dimensions of reversing Cherokee language shift reveals that, of all CN language programs, Tsalagi Ageyui holds the greatest potential to increase intergenerational, mother-tongue tra…
Verb development by children in the Cherokee language immersion program, with implications for teaching
Learning to Read and Write Cherokee
In an effort to revitalize the Cherokee language, Cherokee Nation launched an immersion program for preschool and elementary children in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Central to the curriculum is literacy in the Cherokee writing system known as syllabary. This study focuses on sociocultural and sociolinguistic evidence toward an understanding of the syllabary's role in Cherokee immersion, children's general literacy skills, and the micro- and macrolevel c…
The Effects of Native Language vs. Target Language Captions on Foreign Language Students' DVD Video Comprehension
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using Spanish captions, English captions, or no captions with a Spanish‐language soundtrack on intermediate university‐level Spanish as a Foreign Language students' comprehension of DVD passage material. A total of 169 intermediate ( fourth‐semester ) students predicated as intact groups in the study. The passage material consisted of a 7‐minute DVD episode about preparation for the Apollo 1…
Using Assessment to Inform Instruction in Cherokee Language Revitalisation
Language loss is a concern for the Cherokee Nation in northeastern Oklahoma. As part of language revitalisation efforts, in 2001 Cherokee Nation opened the Cherokee Immersion Preschool in which teachers use only Cherokee throughout the day with their monolingual English-speaking students. Based on a study of the Immersion Preschool that spanned six months, this paper describes the positive backwash effects of assessment on practices of teachers i…
Our Beloved Cherokee
This article contributes to our knowledge of endangered language revitalization by offering a case study of a Cherokee Nation (CN) preschool immersion program named Tsalagi Ageyui, "Our Beloved Cherokee." A naturalistic inquiry into the micro- and macrosociocultural dimensions of reversing Cherokee language shift reveals that, of all CN language programs, Tsalagi Ageyui holds the greatest potential to increase intergenerational, mother-tongue tra…
Verb development by children in the Cherokee language immersion program, with implications for teaching
Learning to Read and Write Cherokee
In an effort to revitalize the Cherokee language, Cherokee Nation launched an immersion program for preschool and elementary children in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Central to the curriculum is literacy in the Cherokee writing system known as syllabary. This study focuses on sociocultural and sociolinguistic evidence toward an understanding of the syllabary's role in Cherokee immersion, children's general literacy skills, and the micro- and macrolevel c…
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Examining the Career Choices of Alternatively Licensed Teachers in Urban Schools
The Cherokee Nation Immersion School as a Translanguaging Space
Lizette Peter, Tracy Hirata-Edds, Durbin Feeling, Wyman Kirk, Ryan “Wahde” Mackey, Philip T. Duncan, The Cherokee Nation Immersion School as a Translanguaging Space, Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Spring 2017), pp. 5-31
Sociology (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Cherokee (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · History (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)