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Modern Languages

This guide is designed to support students in modern language courses at Oakton College: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi/Urdu, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and American Sign Language

Resources for learning Indigenous Languages of the Americas

Transparent Language Learning
This database combines courses, supplemental vocabulary, extensive grammar resources, and mobile apps and features 39 Indigenous Languages of the Americas including (but not limited to):
Chinuk-Wawa
Cherokee
Comanche
Dakota (2 dialects available)
Denaakk'e (Koyukon)
Denesuline
Kaqchikel
Nahuatl
Oji-Cree
Ojibwe (3 dialects available)
Quechua

Research

A World of Indigenous Languages: Politics, Pedagogies and Prospects for Language Reclamation Creator McCarty, Teresa L., editor. by Teresa L. McCarty (Editor); Sheilah E. Nicholas (Editor); Gillian Wigglesworth (Editor)
Call Number: ebook; click to access

ISBN: 9781788923088

Publication Date: 2019-03-13

Exploring political, historical, ideological, and pedagogical issues, the book foregrounds the decolonizing aims of contemporary Indigenous language movements inside and outside of schools.