ABSTRACT This paper considers an appropriate pedagogy for indigenous language programmes at tertiary level in a context in which a former colonial language has become the default as both medium of instruction and subject of academic study. This pedagogy is guided by an overarching commitment to decolonisation of the academic space, is grounded in the sociolinguistic realities of each specific context, and remains flexible enough to accommodate the complexities that are inevitable when a language is made welcome for the first time in a new domain. A recent expansion in the number of languages offered for study at the University of the South Pacific serves as the backdrop to this discussion.

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新学术空间中的旧语言：太平洋语言高等教育课程的新兴教学法

摘要本文认为，在以前的殖民地语言已成为教学语言和学术研究的默认语言的情况下，高等院校的土著语言课程应采用适当的教学法。此教学法以对学术领域非殖民化的总体承诺为指导，立足于每种特定情况的社会语言现实，并保持足够的灵活性以适应新语言首次受到欢迎时不可避免的复杂性。域。最近在南太平洋大学提供学习语言的数量的增加是该讨论的背景。