最新英美报刊选读Unit 1 Focus Return Background Information What Can be done to Preserve Endangered Language Modern Hebrew was revived as a mother tongue after centuries of being learned and studied only in its ancient written form. Irish has had considerable institutional and political support as the national language of Ireland,despite major inroads by English. In New Zealand,Maori communities established nursery schools staffed by elders and conducted entirely in Maori,called kohangareo,language nests'. In Alaska,Hawaii,and elsewhere,this model is being extended to primary and in some cases secondary school. In California,younger adults have become language apprentices to older adult speakers in communities where only a few older speakers are still living. 最新英美报刊选读_Unit 1 Focus Background Information What Can be done to Preserve Endangered Language Modern Hebrew was revived as a mother tongue after centuries of being learned and studied only in its ancient written form. Irish has had considerable institutional and political support as the national language of Ireland, despite major inroads by English. In New Zealand, Maori communities established nursery schools staffed by elders and conducted entirely in Maori, called kohangareo, 'language nests'. In Alaska, Hawaii, and elsewhere, this model is being extended to primary and in some cases secondary school. In California, younger adults have become language apprentices to older adult speakers in communities where only a few older speakers are still living