Nahuat Revitalization Project: A qualitative look

Abstract

This paper shows the findings of the research about the perception that mothers, fathers, teachers and students have with regard to Nahuat revitalization, about their particular contribution to the revitalization of an endangered language and about learning as an outcome of their participation in the project. The goal of the study is getting a qualitative look from participants directly and indirectly involved in the Nahuat Revitalization Project carried out by Universidad Don Bosco since 2003. The study highlights the role of the educational community in the teaching of an endangered language, the learning that contribute to an education that values cultural diversity and that favors the identity of a society. The research was carried out in schools of Izalco, San Juan Talpa y Santo Domingo de Guzmán, El Salvador, on the base of twenty-nine focused interviews.

Diá-logos 15, 55-73.