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INVITATION TO REGISTER
Come to St Patrick's College in Maynooth, 15 miles/24 km from Dublin, a
great centre of learning on the Irish language (founded in 1795), and close
to many famous sites in its past and present. The conference welcomes all
who are concerned about the role of schools in the future of smaller
languages. It will provide a forum for researchers and activists working
for the maintenance of indigenous languages that face an uncertain future.
There is a discount of .15.00 (fifteen pounds sterling) for registrations
made before 18 July 1999. Early booking is also recommended to get one of
the places on our visit to Gaelscoileanna (Irish language schools) in the
area.
Information on transportation from Dublin to Maynooth (by bus or train)
will be sent to all those who register in advance.
There are concessionary rates for conference speakers, students, unwaged,
and residents of countries with lower per-capita GNP.
There will be a preliminary volume of proceedings distributed at the
Conference.
CONFERENCE SCOPE AND AIMS
It will be a particular feature of our conference to
bring the concerns of
"ethno-education", where education mediates between
cultures that have been
separate, into contrast with those of "bi-lingual
education", where there
has been traditional co-existence, but the smaller
language may be losing
out.
One fundamental tension is that while organized
education may be a threat
to traditional culture and language (bringing foreign
elements to the
explicit attention of pupils), people once educated
are more likely to
resist unwanted intrusions from outsiders, and build
confidence in their
own traditions.
- So how can education programmes be formulated with
clear reference to,
and respect for, local culture?
- Who will be the teachers in such programmes, and how
can they be trained?
- In setting up such programmes, is there a useful
role for international
organizations (as FEL) to help in negotations with
local administrations or
national governments, and indeed international
programmes?
In some communities, particularly in Europe, there is
no such conflict
between prevailing models of education and the
traditions of the language
community. Nevertheless, there has always been
controversy on the roles of
the standard language and the mother tongue.
- Ethically and empirically, what is the right balance
between option and
compulsion in the curriculum?
- How does the role for minority languages (indigenous
and non-indigenous)
bear on the balance between mother-tongue and
foreign-language instruction?
FEL conferences, besides being opportunities to
discuss the issues from a
global viewpoint, are working meetings of the
Foundation, defining our
overall policy for future years. Participants at the
conference therefore
need to be members of the Foundation. There are full
facilities to join on
arrival, as there are to register, but all are
strongly urged to join as
soon as possible, and so take full part in the
Foundation.s activities in
the lead-up to the conference.
All presentations will be accessible in English, but
use of the languages
of interest, for quotation or exemplification, may
well be appropriate.
'
Organizers:
Nicholas Ostler, Christopher Moseley Foundation for Endangered
Languages, England;
Kim McCone National University of Ireland,
Maynooth
Programme Committee:
Akira Yamamoto, Mahendra Verma, Andrew Woodfield, Tony Woodbury, Tasaku
Tsunoda, Jane Simpson, Mari Rhydwen, Jon Reyhner, Nicholas Ostler,
Donncha
O'Croin., David Nash, Chris Moseley, Kim McCone, Tony McEnery, Kenneth
Mackinnon, Karen Johnson-Weiner, Margaret Allen.
Programme
Friday 17 September
a.m. Visits to local Gaelscoileanna (Irish language schools)
p.m
Lunch in University Restaurant
Session 1. Endangered Languages and Education
Conference Opening & Welcome - C.d M.e F.lte
Keynote Address
David Bradley Language Maintenance for endangered languages of
central Yunnan, China
Session 2. Finding a policy
Alesia Maltz, Dean Fox To Set Tongues Wagging Again. Mandan, Hidatsa,
Arikara (N. Dakota, USA)
Karen M Johnson-Weiner Educating in English to Maintain German - Amish
R. McKenna Brown Mayan Language Revitalization in Guatemala
Session 3. Looking at the learners
Rachel Hoare The Breton language in education in Brittany: the
passive and active expression of attitudes.
Winifred Crombie, Tamati Reedy
Language Proficiency Testing of Children in M.ri
Language Education
Dinner in St Patrick.s College Dining Room (Pugin
Hall)
Film, video show
Saturday 18 September
a.m.
Session 4. Working
with non-written
languages
Blair A. Rudes
You Can't Say That in
Tuscarora: Obstacles
to
Literacy in an Oral
Language
A. McEnery, M. Lie
A Corpus of Spoken UK
Sylheti
& P. Baker
Session 5. Ways and
means
Diane Johnson,
The whaka piki reo
programme: in-service
provision
for teachers of M.ri
and through M.ri
Ani Rolleston
Bojan Petek
Challenges and
opportunities for
Slovenian language
in the globalized
educational arena
Lunch in University
Restaurant
p.m.
AGM. FEL Annual
General Meeting and
elections
Session 6. Role of
standard dialects
Agurtzane Elordui
Disruption of language
transmission among
Basque
dialects
Vladimir Tourovski
On the use of
computers for
preserving endangered
languages
Session 7. Open Forum
with shorter, more
informal,
presentations by
attendees of other
work in
Education.
Visit to Rath
Cairn
Gaeltacht
(Irish-speaking
community)
This
Irish-speaking
enclave is an
hour.s drive
from the
conference
site in
Maynooth. After
a short walk
in the
country, we
shall have the
opportunity
to see a video
(in Irish with
English
subtitles)
recounting the
political
struggle to
found this
Gaeltacht in
1935-7, to
have dinner in
the R.h
Cairn
Community
Centre, and to
spend the rest
of the evening
enjoying
sean-n. (old-style)
music and
dancing in the
attached teach
tabhairne
(pub). Locals
will be on
hand to share
experiences in
this community
where
education in
the
traditional
language now
makes up a
significant
part of
the local
economy.
Sunday 19
September
a.m.
Session
8. Impact and
future
prospects
Kathleen
Tacelosky
Bilingual
Education and
Language Use
among the
Shipibo of the
Peruvian
Amazon
Sheila
M. Shannon
The role of
All-Irish
schools in the
revival of the
Irish language
Jeanette King
Lessons from
the Maori
schooling
experience -
thirteen years
of Maori
immersion
schools
Session 9.
General
discussion and
close
Lunch in
University
Restaurant
p.m.
Outing to two
local sites of
global
interest:
Tara,
the
pre-Christian
seat of Irish
kings, where
St Patrick
used
the shamrock
to illustrate
a sermon on
the Trinity,
and Daniel
O'Connell
addressed a
crowd of
750,000
yearning for
Irish
independence;
and
Trim,
with a
magnificent
Norman
fortress once
humbled by
King John,
home at
different
times to
Jonathan Swift
and the Duke
of Wellington
("no
more an
Irishman
through being
born in
Ireland than
he would have
been a
horse if born
in a stable"),
and seen most
recently as
the stand-in
for
York in Mel
Gibson.s
"Braveheart".
***** FORM
BEGINS
HERE
*******************************************************
REGISTRATION:
FEL III
-
Endangered
Languages
&
Education:
Maynooth
17-19
Sept. 1999
Name
Address
for
Correspondence
Phone
number
E-mail
Fax
number
Do you
wish to
present
a video
at the
conference
(5-20
minutes)?
YES/NO
If so:
What
format?
PAL/NTSC
VHS/Betamax/other
(please
specify)
What
would be
your
title?
Do you
wish to
present
anything
to
children
at the
Gaelscoileanna
(5 mins
max.)?
YES(5/11-year-olds)
--
YES(11/18-year-olds)
-- NO
What
would be
your
title?
If you
are not
listed
above as
a
speaker:
Would
you wish
to speak
in the
Open
Forum
(5-10
minutes)?
YES/NO
If so,
what
would be
your
title?
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BOOKING
OPTIONS:
[All
prices
in
pounds
sterling
- UK
currency]
[Please
choose
Option
1, 2, or
3 from
the list
of
packages
below,
together
with
your
required
set of
extras.]
All
options
include
conference,
delegate
pack,
proceedings
volume,
dinner
on
Friday,
lunches
& tea
and
coffee
throughout. For
residents
(options
1
and 2),
they
also
include
2
nights'
bed &
breakfast
(nights
of 17
and 18
Sept).
You may
pay the
Concessionary
prices
(please
mark as
appropriate)
if you
are:
[ ] a
speaker
(as
listed
above),
[ ] a
full-time
student,
or
otherwise
unwaged,
[ ] a
resident
of a
country
OUTSIDE
the USA,
Canada,
Australia,
New
Zealand,
South
Africa,
Argentina,
Japan,
South
Korea,
Hong
Kong,
Singapore,
Israel,
Saudi
Arabia
or Gulf
States,
Iceland,
Norway,
Switzerland
or the
European
Union.
[Please
send
proof of
unwaged
(e.g. student)
status.]
Basic
Packages
Regular
Concessionary
1. Single
Room,
with
separate
shared
bathroom
.125.00
[ ]
.100.00
[ ]
2. Double
Room,
with
private
bathroom
.155.00
[ ]
.120.00
[ ]
3. Non-resident
. 85.00
[ ]
. 65.00
[ ]
Extras:
A. Rath
Cairn
Gaeltacht
+
dinner,
music,
dance
. 25.00
[ ]
. 20.00
[ ]
B. Gaelscoileanna:
Irish
language
schools
. 7.50
[ ] .
5.00 [ ]
C. Tara
and
Trim:
local
antiquities
. 12.50
[ ] .
9.00 [ ]
D. Extra
night in
single
(16
Sept.) +
breakfast
. 20.00
[ ]
. 17.00
[ ]
E. Extra
night in
single
(19
Sept.) +
breakfast
. 20.00
[ ]
. 17.00
[ ]
F. Extra
night in
double
(16
Sept.) +
breakfast
. 35.00
[ ]
. 27.00
[ ]
G. Extra
night in
double
(19
Sept.) +
breakfast
. 35.00
[ ]
. 27.00
[ ]
Note.
We will
try as
far as
possible
to
accommodate
any
special
requirements
you
may
have. Please
send
details
as early
as
possible
about
the
following:
special
dietary
requirements,
partial
attendance
at the
conference,
or
accommodation
for more
than 4
nights
etc.
[For
non-members]
Regular
Concessionary
Subscription
fee as a
member
of the
Foundation:
. 20.00
[ ]
. 10.00
[ ]
(This
concessionary
membership
rate is
not
available
for
speakers
at the
conference,
unless
they
qualify
under
one of
the
other
entitlements.)
[ ]
Deducting
15
pounds
(if
paying
before
18 July,
1999)
Further
note:
We have
endeavoured
to keep
costs to
an
absolute
minimum,
to
maximize
access.
However,
any
surplus
in the
fund
which is
paying
for this
will go
to
support
our work
in
documentation
and
promotion
of
endangered
languages.
If you
can,
please
add a
donation
(10%,
say?),
marking
the item
below.
Optional
donation
[
pounds]
Please
write
the
total
amount
of your
payment
[
pounds]
UK
currency
FEL III
Endangered
Languages
&
Education:
Maynooth
17-19
Sept. 1999
Methods
of
Payment
-------------------------------
[ ]
1. Cheques
drawn on
UK banks
(in
pounds
sterling)
should
be made
payable
to:
Foundation
for
Endangered
Languages
[ ]
2. For
cheques
in other
currencies
please
add 15%
to cover
bank
charges.
[ ]
3. The
appropriate
amount
may be
transferred
directly
to:
Foundation
for
Endangered
Languages
Account
50073456. Sort
Code
08-90-02.
Co-operative
Bank,16
St.Stephen
Street,
Bristol,
BS1 1JR,
England
[ ]
4. To
pay by
by
Credit
Card
[VISA/MasterCard]
please
complete
the
following
Name as
on
C/card
....
Address
as on
C/Card.
................................................................
................................................................
................................................................
Credit
Card
Number
................................................................
C/Card
Date of
Expiry
................................................................
Please
register
me for
the
conference,
with
options
as
above.
Please
debit my
credit
card if
payment
method 4
is
selected
above.
Signature
Date
Cancellations
policy:
Cancellations
made up
to 18
July
1999
will be
repaid
in
full. Thereafter
there
will be
a
cancellation
fee of
50
pounds,
but a
copy of
the
proceedings
will be
sent to
cancellers.
Please
inform
us
before
13
September
1999 if
you
cannot
attend:
otherwise
we shall
be
unable
to give
any
refund.
Non-resident
registration
will
certainly
be
possible
on the
day, but
availability
of
accommodation
and
places
on the
extra
activities
cannot
then be
guaranteed.
Please
return
this
form
with
your
payment
to:
Christopher
Moseley
FEL
Treasurer
2
Wanbourne
Lane
Nettlebed
Oxfordshire
RG9 5AH
England
e-mail:
Chris_Moseley at mon.bbc.co.uk
fax:
01491-641922
or
+44-1491-641922
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