Assessing the Impact of Total Immersion on Cherokee Language Revitalization: A Culturally Responsive, Participatory Approach. Peter, L., Cochran, M., Dunn, D., Elk, L., Fields, J., Hirata-edds, T., Huckaby, A., Raymond, M., Chief, D., Shade, H., Sly, G., Wickliffe, G., & Yamamoto, A. In Nurturing Native Languages, pages 7–23. 2003.
Assessing the Impact of Total Immersion on Cherokee Language Revitalization: A Culturally Responsive, Participatory Approach [pdf]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
Attempts to measure the effectiveness of language maintenance and revitalization efforts have been slow to follow the emergence of these programs, for a variety of reasons. On the one hand, the knowledge that the results can yield politically, socially, or economically significant consequences may steer groups away from any kind of systematic attempt at program evaluation. Or, there may be a general mistrust in the ability of formal measurements to convey all that can and needs to be said about the qualities of a given language revival program. On the other hand, communities that are successful in mobilizing the much needed resources to launch a program are sometimes less concerned with the end results than with the day to day implementation of their plan, which can often be chal- lenging enough. To some, the fact that the program ever got off the ground in the first place may be enough evidence of success

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