@article{Guerrettaz_Johnson_Ernst-Slavit_2020, title={Yucatec Maya language planning and bilingual education in the Yucatan}, volume={28}, url={https://epaa.asu.edu/index.php/epaa/article/view/5136}, DOI={10.14507/epaa.28.5136}, abstractNote={<p>The rapid decline of indigenous languages represents one of the most troubling topics within applied linguistics. Teachers’ implementation of indigenous language planning through their pedagogical practices is a significant but under-researched issue. This ethnographic study examines a Maya language program (i.e., professional development) for 1,600 teachers in the Yucatan’s Intercultural Bilingual Education (EIB) system, and K-12 schools in Maya-speaking communities where they worked. Using longitudinal data (2010-2016), analysis centered on the creation and promulgation of the Norms of Writing for the Maya Language (2014) and related language policy. Findings illustrate: 1) the importance of increasing the quantity of Maya-speaking teachers, and 2) a clash between widespread orthographic variation in Maya and teachers’ standard language-culture. The new standard has not been implemented in EIB, which still does not in practice require Maya proficiency of teachers. This research discusses possible benefits and risks of a standard Maya for EIB.</p>}, journal={Education Policy Analysis Archives}, author={Guerrettaz, Anne Marie and Johnson, Eric J. and Ernst-Slavit, Gisela}, year={2020}, month={Sep.}, pages={134} }