Language policies and indigenous schools in Brazil

Authors

  • Rodrigo Bastos Cunha IEL - Unicamp

Keywords:

language policy, indigenous languages, indigenous education, política lingüística, línguas indígenas, educação indígena

Abstract

In this article, after a brief conceptual revision on language planning andpolicy, models of language policies and an exemplary case of languagepolicy in the world, I will approach actual issues about languages policies inBrazil, such as the bilingual education in indigenous schools, the financingto research for documentation of languages in extinction, the revitalizationof languages or their varieties and the governmental investment in specificdidactic material for the indigenous education.

Author Biography

Rodrigo Bastos Cunha, IEL - Unicamp

Doutorando em Linguística Aplicada pelo IEL-Unicamp. Bacharel em Linguística, com especialização em Jornalismo Científico e mestrado em Comunicação Social. Pesquisador do Labjor/Unicamp.

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Cunha, R. B. (2008). Language policies and indigenous schools in Brazil. Educar Em Revista, 24(32), p. 143–159. Retrieved from https://revistas.ufpr.br/educar/article/view/6710

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 32 (2008)

Section

Demanda Contínua

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