How children's picturebooks can disrupt existing language hierarchies
- Written by Nicola Daly, Senior lecturer in children's literature and language teaching., University of Waikato
This image is from Te taniwha me te poraka, an issue from the Junior Journals series He Purapura, aimed at fluent readers.Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAThere are many factors that shape the value we place on different languages.
Some languages seem more pleasant to listen to, easier to learn or more logical. These perceptions are generally influenced...