Abstract

Gives an overview of the history of the Hawaiian language and the decline in number of speakers, chronicles efforts to revitalize it, and discusses the role of computing and online communications in this process, focusing on the Leoki bulletin board system, the first fully based on an indigenous language. Activities in an elementary school illustrate success of the approach. (MSE)

Citation

Warschauer, M., Donaghy, K. & Kuamoyo, H. (1997). Leoki: A Powerful Voice of Hawaiian Language Revitalization. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 10(4), 349. Retrieved August 5, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/83444/.

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Keywords

• Computer Uses in Education
• Electronic Mail
• Hawaiian
• Heritage Education
• information technology
• internet
• Language Maintenance
• second language learning
• Technological Advancement
• Uncommonly Taught Languages