Quechua Language Instruction and Assessment Across the Americas: Challenges and Solutions (Routledge Research in Language Education)

Quechua, with nearly ten million speakers living primarily across the Andes, stands as the most widely spoken Indigenous language of the Americas today.Yet, this less commonly taught language (LCTL) continues to face significant challenges.This work illuminates and interrogates current barriers to Quechua language instruction and assessment within the United States, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru.Collectively, the contributions to this volume offer a way forward with suggestions and solutions aimed at building the capacity of Quechua language stakeholders. The volume describes barriers to effective Quechua language instruction and assessment, such as the problematic implementation of Intercultural Bilingual Education (IBE) in Peru and Ecuador, ineffective Quechua language learning materials, and inadequate Quechua language assessment instruments.To address these challenges, this work offers three primary solutions: expanding the target audience for Quechua language instruction and language