Contribution to Book
“Angles Make Things Difficult”: Teachers’ Interpretations of Language Policy and Quechua Revitalization in Peru.
Negotiating language education policies: educators as policymakers
(2010)
Abstract
This chapter explores bilingual teachers’ interpretations of indigenous language revitalization in the Bilingual Intercultural Education (BIE) policy through their uses and teaching of the Quechua language in the context of the Peruvian rural classroom. The author discusses the complexities of local language policy implementation and their implications for education and policies of language diversity.
Keywords
- Quechua,
- language policy,
- bilingual teacher
Disciplines
Publication Date
2010
Editor
Kate Menken and Ofelia Garcia
Publisher
Lawrence Erlbaum
Citation Information
Laura A. Valdiviezo. "“Angles Make Things Difficult”: Teachers’ Interpretations of Language Policy and Quechua Revitalization in Peru." Mahwah, NJ:Negotiating language education policies: educators as policymakers (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/laura_valdiviezo/1/