Beyond The Bilingual Classroom: Literacy Acquisition Among Peruvian Amazon Communities (sil International And The University Of Texas At Arlington Pub [Paperback]

Presents results of study of the factors that affect literacy acquisition in both the mother tongue and Spanish by the indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Map

Part I. Background Information

1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose of the study
1.2 Research questions
1.3 Overview of the study
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Limitations and delimitations
1.6 Significance of the study

2. An Historical Framework

2.1 Before the sixteenth century
2.2 Earliest contact with the West: Explorers and missionaries
2.3 Commercialization of the Amazon
2.4 The twentieth century: Integration into Peruvian national society
2.5 History of the bilingual education program

3. Language, Culture, and Ethnicity

3.1 Ethnicity
3.2 Ethnicity and nationalism
3.3 Language and ethnicity
3.4 Language and culture
3.5 Summary

4. Literacy and Education

4.1 Literacy versus schooling
4.2 Language and schooling
4.3 Language and literacy
4.4 Conclusion

5. Research Methodology

5.1 Foundations
5.2 Description of field research

Part II. Language Group Profiles

6. The Aguaruna

6.1 Historical framework
6.2 Ethnic identity and language maintenance
6.3 Educational factors
6.4 Summary

7. The Yagua

7.1 Historical framework
7.2 Ethnic identity and language maintenance
7.3 Educational factors
7.4 Summary

8. The Sharanahua, Yaminahua, and Madija Culina

8.1 Historical framework
8.2 Ethnic identity and language maintenance
8.3 Educational factors
8.4 Summary

9. The Shipibo-Conibo

9.1 Historical framework
9.2 Ethnic identity and language maintenance
9.3 Educational factors
9.4 Summary

10. The Asheninca Campa

10.1 Historical framework
10.2 Ethnic identity and language maintenance
10.3 Educational factors
10.4 Summary

11. The Pajonal Campa