A Quest for Equity in Language: Educating Maya-American Children

Autor/in	Holder, Adela Berry
Titel	A Quest for Equity in Language: Educating Maya-American Children
Quelle	(2017), (230 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-3555-0307-4
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; American Indians; American Indian Languages; Correlation; Social Status; Language Proficiency; Spanish; Language Maintenance; Foreign Policy; Power Structure; Poverty; Civil Rights; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Educational Quality; Children; Refugees; Foreign Countries; Language Acquisition; Guatemala; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; American Indian; Indianer; Korrelation; Sozialer Status; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Spanisch; Sprachpflege; Außenpolitik; Armut; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Child; Kind; Kinder; Flüchtling; Ausland; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; USA
Abstract	This research is a study of the relationship between language acquisition and the status of equity. The history of the Maya people in Guatemala gives strong evidence that their failure to acquire competence in Spanish, which is the national language of their nation, has resulted in their failure to compete in the social, economic, and political components of their society. It also shows that they have failed to maintain their competence in Mayan, their own language, as a result of mistreatment from their conquerors who have shown a determination to eliminate their use of Mayan. Many Maya have left Guatemala and entered the United States in hope of finding the status of equity which has evaded them for hundreds of years. The key to overcoming their poverty and loss of civil rights can be found in the US through compensatory programs offering them the opportunity of competency in English along with the opportunity to maintain their Mayan language. The US legal system guarantees equal rights for a quality educations for students who are learning English. This study offers some suggestions for integrating the Guatemalan Maya into mainstream activities of the economy and social life of this country. It offers the idea of sustaining and increasing their competency in Mayan as a long-range possibility. The status of equity is available for the children of the Guatemalan refugees who enter the United States as they exercise their rights to a quality education. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01