Hui looks at saving language (fwd link)

[Peter J Keegan]

Aloha Keola,

Personally, I also find calls for compulsory language instruction 
somewhat difficult to understand. New Zealand in recent decades did have 
compulsory language in many high schools, no guesses as to what 
happened. In the case of Maori, making Maori compulsory would have a 
negative effect on the Maori-medium education sector, which would lose 
Maori teachers to English medium schools that would offer better working 
conditions.

Given the state of the New Zealand economy, and a government cutting 
back on education spending, the compulsory teaching of Maori is unlikely 
to make the discussion table.

A hui hou (Pepeluali)

Peter J Keegan

(Auckland, NZ/Tamaki Makaurau, Aotearoa)

On 27/10/2010 9:39 a.m., Keola Donaghy wrote:
> 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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> A country without its language is a country without its soul.
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regards,

Peter J Keegan


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