Language Learning of Native American Students

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becoms

achievmnt

the

gap

and

tha

betwn

of

the

their majority

poulatin. Certainly,

home

and

ble

for

thes

caly,

howevr,

are

a

major

cultra schol

problems.

stumbling

are langue

baries

betwn

partly

responi

More

specif

diferncs

block

to

schol

proges

Many native

India langue.

tribes

stil

use

their

On

the

Navjo

res

vation,

for

exampl,

aproximtely

one-furth

of

the

children

entrig

schol

speak

Navjo

only;

and

many

of

the

puils

are

Navjo-dmint.

langue

glish,

the

with

difers task

some

facilty

Since

markedly

of

acquirng

in

English

the

Navjo

from

English

En

as

a

second

langue

can

be

an

onerus

one.

1

Comunicat

schol

oral

langue

suce

children

facilty

self-imag

achievmnt,

facilty

in

reading

who

lack

find

schol

and

levs

skil

are

vital

as

we

know

is

prequist

to and

to

and

writng.

India

English

langue

destruciv

to

their

of

aspirton.

For defin

the

purose

an

optimu

of

this

study,

I

langue

learn

ing

enviromt

use

of

oral

as

one

and

writen

in

whic

langue

the is

encouragd

in

a

variety

of

seting;

wher

the

quantiy

and

quality

of

lan

guae

is

aproite

grade

lev

of

puils;

for

the

age

and

and

wher

pu-

self-imag

and

levs

of

aspirton.

the

rating

of

each

quality

and

quantiy

during

the

observatin.

psycho

clasrom

of

puils'

to

the

spech

logica

climate.

clasrom

langue

rom

furnite

and

group

pils

wer

themslv.

Second,

trol.

Oportunies

and

to

asume

organizt learnig

work relaxd

alow

I

found

tha

tha

was

informal:

was

arnged

was

encouragd.

and

eagr

the

type

of

enhacd flexiby,

clas Pu

to

exprs

studen responiblty

to

share

con

to

make

choies

for

one's

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