{"id":59235,"date":"2011-10-14T15:54:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T13:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?p=59235"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:18:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:18:36","slug":"marie-adele-joredie-and-the-bb-lecture-program-in-xaracuu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2011\/10\/marie-adele-joredie-and-the-bb-lecture-program-in-xaracuu\/","title":{"rendered":"Marie-Ad\u00e8le Jor\u00e9di\u00e9 and the Bb Lecture program in X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back with Marie-Ad\u00e8le Jor\u00e9di\u00e9<\/strong>, a teacher who has gone long way to grant her language, X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9<\/strong><\/a>, a place in the education system of New Caledonia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the mid 80s, Marie-Ad\u00e8le took part in the creation of the language immersion Kanak Popular Schools<\/strong> (EPK). Then in 1999 she put together the Bb Lecture program<\/strong>, an introduction to books geared towards young children before they start attending the White\u2019s school. At the same time, she still teaches X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9 in junior high school in Canala…<\/p>\n

Quite a background, which she tells us all about here inside her own classroom, a classroom with stories of elephants and song-based alphabet exercises…<\/p>\n

See all videos in X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9<\/a><\/p>\n

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Linguist<\/span>: Claire Moyse-Faurie (LACITO\/CNRS)
\nImage & sound<\/span>: Jos\u00e9 Reynes, assisted by Karl Jor\u00e9di\u00e9
\nTranslation<\/span>: Annick Kasovimoin (Acad\u00e9mie des Langues Kanak – ALK)<\/a>
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n

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X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9<\/a> is one of the 28 Kanak languages<\/a>, a group belonging to the Austronesian language family. The Austronesian language family stands among the largest language families in the world, with its 1,000 to 1,200 languages shared over a vast area including a large part of Oceania, the Pacific, and South-East Asia.<\/em><\/p>\n

X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9 is one of the languages spoken in the X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9 area, alongside X\u00e2r\u00e2gur\u00e8<\/a>, Ham\u00e9a, and T\u00eer\u00ee. It is the most widely spoken of these four languages, with 5,729 speakers over 14 years old accounted for in the 2009 census. One third of them live essentially around Noum\u00e9a, while the other two thirds have remained in their traditional area, on the eastern coast of Grande Terre, and mainly in the Canala and Thio municipalities.<\/em><\/p>\n

X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9 is also the fourth most widely spoken Kanak language in New Caledonia, following Drehu, Nengone, and Paic\u00ee \u2013 it is also one of the best maintained: spoken in every municipality of the X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9 language area, it reaches over 90% of the population in Canala.<\/em><\/p>\n

Like every other Kanak languages, X\u00e2r\u00e2c\u00f9\u00f9 is part of France\u2019s 75 languages, and recognized in New Caledonia as a language of education and culture since the 1998 Noum\u00e9a Accord. It is part of the programs at the Canala and Thio junior high schools, although the language still hasn\u2019t been approved as a relevant option for Baccalaur\u00e9at, the French secondary school certificate<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"logo<\/a> Visit the Acad\u00e9mie des Langues Kanak website<\/a> (in French).<\/em><\/p>\n