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Teaching Methods for Second Languages

Immersion Teaching Methods from Nurturing Native Languages, 2003
Articles on Immersion Teaching Methods
The Development of an Indigenous Language [Maori] Immersion School Barbara Harrison
Going Beyond Words: The Arapaho Immersion Program Steve Greymorning
Hawaiian Language Immersion
How to Teach when the Teacher Isn't Fluent Leanne Hinton, pdf file
Immersion Education NABE News Column
Integrating Language and Content: Lessons from Immersion Genesee ERIC Digest
The Leupp Navajo Immersion Program Mike Fillerup NABE News, July/August 2002
Maori Total Immersion Courses for Adults in New Zealand Rangi Nicholson
Racing Against Time: A Report on the Leupp Navajo Immersion Project
NABE's 1997 American Indian Institute (Pueblo Immersion Efforts)
Running the Gauntlet of an Indigenous Language Program (More on Arapaho Immersion by S. Greymorning)
Situational Navajo: A School-Based, Verb-Centered Way of Teaching Navajo Holm, Silentman & Wallace
Teaching in a Hawaiian Context: Educator Perspectives on the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program
Two-Way Immersion Center for Applied Linguistics Two-Way Immersion Toolkit
A Model for Promoting Native American Language Preservation & Teaching Richard Littlebear

Natural Approach: Second Language Acquisition (NABE News column)

Total Physical Response James Asher

TPR Works Richard Littlebear, NABE News Column 1992
Using TPR-Storytelling to Develop Fluency and Literacy in Native American Languages Gina Cantoni
Master-Apprentice: Read Leanne Hinton, Matt Vera and Nancy Steele's How To Keep Your Language Alive: A Commonsense Approach to One-on-One Langauge Learning (Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, 2002).

Silent Way (Caleb Gattegno)

What is the Silent Way?
Teaching Lakota Using the Silent Way Jim Green
Rassias Method

Methods in General: Read John W. Oller's (Ed.), Methods That Work: Ideas for Literacy and Language Teachers (2nd Edition, 1993, Boston Heinle & Heinle). Many great ideas and it is available used from Amazon, Alibris, etc. cheaply.

Brief Tips for Language Teaching from the Navajo Nation Language Project (Reprinted in Nurturing Native Languages)

Dos and Don'ts of Language Teaching pdf file
Ten Tips for Teaching in Navajo Immersion Programs pdf file

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