Hui looks at saving language (fwd link)

[Keola Donaghy]

Interesting. Regarding his statement "People argued that making it compulsory would turn children off, but that theory had never been tested" - Prof. Reedy obviously hasn't spoken to anyone regarding compulsory Irish.

Keola

On 2010 ʻOk. 26, at 10:27, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote:

> Hui looks at saving language
> 
> Laurel Stowell | 27th October 2010
> 
> Maori language ought to be compulsory in New Zealand schools, says
> Professor Tamati Reedy. That's his personal opinion. And those
> attending a series of hui on the future of the language are saying
> people ought to value it at least as highly as the country's native
> birds and plants.
> 
> Access full article below:
> http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/local/news/hui-looks-at-saving-language/3927758/



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Keola Donaghy                                           
Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Studies 
Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani             keola at leoki.uhh.hawaii.edu 
University of Hawai'i at Hilo           http://www2.hawaii.edu/~donaghy/

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A country without its language is a country without its soul.
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