Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 15, 2018 16:11:07 GMT 12
EXPLOSIVE” BOOK ON MĀORI LANGUAGE RELEASED BY ACADEMIC
Historian Professor Paul Moon, from Auckland University of Technology, has released a short book on the present state of the Mori language, titled Killing Te Reo Mori: An Indigenous Language Facing Extinction
Among the main points of the book are:
* The Māori language is facing extinction as a living language
* Compulsory Māori language in schools will contribute to the language’s demise instead of saving it
* Many of the initiatives aimed to save the language are having the opposite effect
* The insistence on the correct pronunciation of Māori is damaging the language
Professor Moon has drawn on hundreds of reports and studies to show why the current approach to preserving the Māori language is having the opposite effect,.......
business.scoop.co.nz/2018/01/15/explosive-book-on-maori-language-released-by-academic/
Historian Professor Paul Moon, from Auckland University of Technology, has released a short book on the present state of the Mori language, titled Killing Te Reo Mori: An Indigenous Language Facing Extinction
Among the main points of the book are:
* The Māori language is facing extinction as a living language
* Compulsory Māori language in schools will contribute to the language’s demise instead of saving it
* Many of the initiatives aimed to save the language are having the opposite effect
* The insistence on the correct pronunciation of Māori is damaging the language
Professor Moon has drawn on hundreds of reports and studies to show why the current approach to preserving the Māori language is having the opposite effect,.......
business.scoop.co.nz/2018/01/15/explosive-book-on-maori-language-released-by-academic/
