Developing a Hla’alua Learner’s Guide: In Search of an Auxiliary Remedy for Hla’alua Revitalization (Exegesis) and A Hla’alua Learner’s Guide (Creative component)
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2015
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Yeh, Li-Chen
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This study contains a Learner’s Guide to Hla’alua (See
Appendix A), a moribund Austronesian language in Taiwan, and an
exegesis of this work. Language shift has taken place in the
Hla’alua community, consequently only few fluent speakers
remain. Most people speak Mandarin, Southern Min and Bunun on a
daily basis (Chiu, 2008; Kuo, 2012; Pan, 2012) and no longer use
Hla’alua for everyday communication. While the government is
supportive of language revitalization, the current revival
program targets children only, and the outcomes of revitalization
remain uncertain (Kuo, 2012). This research aims to identify the
gaps and customize complementary language learning materials for
Hla’alua adults as an auxiliary remedy to the situation.
The project reviews the language ecology, the language education
and the pedagogical materials available for the community.
Additionally, the author evaluates the Australian experience of
compiling Indigenous Australian language grammars. The analysis
identifies a need to develop a Learner’s Guide for adult
learners, which explains the spelling system and transforms the
existing reference grammar (Pan, 2012) into an accessible
grammar. It is designed for community members to learn the basics
of Hla’alua on their own, as there is limited access to native
speakers and lack of trained teachers. Also, the Learner’s
Guide incorporates multilingual resources to enhance learning
outcomes. Since the target learners are exposed to other
languages, methods of
teaching literacy in their first language (Taiwanese Mandarin)
and techniques of teaching English as a foreign language are
utilized to accelerate learners’ progress. This project makes a
contribution to Hla’alua language revival and provides insights
into development of learning materials for other endangered
languages in Taiwan.
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Hla'alua, Lha'alua, Lhaalua, Saaroa, South Zou, South Tsou, Tsou languages, Taiwan aboriginal languages-grammar, Languages and applied linguistics, Austronesian languages, Formosan languages, Endangered languages, Language conservation, Language revitalization, Aboriginal/Indigenous language education, Mother-tongue language education, Study and teaching, Language-teaching materials, Learner's guide, The sound system of Hla'alua, 沙阿魯阿, 拉阿魯哇, 南鄒語, 台灣原住民族語言, 文法, 應用語言學, 台灣南島語言學, 瀕危語言, 語言保存, 語言復振, 原住民族語言教育, 母語教育, 學習與教學, 語言教學教材, 語音系統
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10.25911/5d78d4e4ba780