Study: Inuit language schooling brings long-term benefits (fwd link)

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NEWS: Nunavik June 06, 2010 - 12:11 pm

Study: Inuit language schooling brings long-term benefits
With good base in Inuttitut, students do better

SARAH ROGERS
Inuttitut instruction boosts skills and self-esteem, says McGill reearcher
Don Taylor, who recently visited Kangiqsujuaq. (PHOTO BY DAVID BENOIT)
KANGIQSUJUAQ –  Long-term studies of school children in Nunavik show that
students learn best and benefit from higher self-esteem when taught in their
mother tongue.

The findings mean Inuit students with a good base in Inuttitut tend to do
better in their studies, says McGill psychology professor Don Taylor.

Access full article below:
http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/98789_study_inuit_language_schooling_brings_long-term_benefits/
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