Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 6, 2016 17:18:47 GMT 12
MAORI LANGUAGE ON 'LIFE SUPPORT'
"If you compared the language now to a patient you would have to say it is still on life support," says Prof Moon.
While Prof Moon told the Paul Henry programme a national effort is needed to get it back on its feet, he warns making it compulsory to learn the language won't work.
"Compulsion never works. If you're relying on that you are saying we are giving up on any other hope that anything else is working," he says.
"It needs to be a coordinated approach and also it needs to be based on a desire to learn the language rather than people being forced into it."…
www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/maori-language-on-life-support-2016040609
"If you compared the language now to a patient you would have to say it is still on life support," says Prof Moon.
While Prof Moon told the Paul Henry programme a national effort is needed to get it back on its feet, he warns making it compulsory to learn the language won't work.
"Compulsion never works. If you're relying on that you are saying we are giving up on any other hope that anything else is working," he says.
"It needs to be a coordinated approach and also it needs to be based on a desire to learn the language rather than people being forced into it."…
www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/maori-language-on-life-support-2016040609