FW: FEL Awards 2008

[Terry Langendoen]

Forwarded message from Nick Ostler, Foundation for Endangered
Languages
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From: Nicholas Ostler [mailto:nicholas.ostler at googlemail.com]
Sent: Wed 5/14/2008 5:15 PM
To: nostler at chibcha.demon.co.uk
Subject: FEL Awards 2008

I am glad to announce to members the results of this year's grant
awards by the Foundation for Endangered Languages. They are as
follows, each with the applicant's description of the intended
work which we shall be supporting:

John Hobson, University of Sydney, re Banjalang (Northern Rivers
district, NSW, Australia)

US$1450.

1. To conduct an Australian demonstration trial of the
Master-Apprentice method in the revitalisation of an endangered
language that will inform the development of policy and practice
at state and national levels.

2. To provide qualified and experienced indigenous language
teachers with an opportunity to acquire sufficient fluency in
their ancestral language to permit them to transmit it to
students in contemporary classroom settings.

3. To evidence to Banjalang communities that adult
intergenerational transmission of their language is possible.

4. To produce and disseminate recordings of Banjalang dialogue.

5. To stimulate the increased use of spoken Banjalang in a broad
range of contexts.

6. To foster awareness of Banjalang and the need and potential
for its revitalisation.


Chun Huang, University of Florida, re Siraya (Taiwan)

US$1000.

1. Finalization of a modern Siraya dictionary and its publication
in 2008.

2. Preparation of Siraya-learning materials for Siraya Language &
Culture Summer Camp, 2008.


Javier Ruedas, University of New Orleans, re Marubo (upper Curuçá
River, Amazonas state, Brazil)

US$1000.

a.  Record, transcribe, and translate saiti, a form of sung myth,
known fully by very few elderly Marubo, and store these along
with extensive metadata in linked computer files

b.  Digitize recordings and transcriptions that have already been
made by the speech community

c.  Help generate contexts for systematic, interpersonal,
intergenerational transmission of specialized language registers

d.  Produce CDs and other digital media for use by the speech
community and by NGOs working in indigenous education among the
Marubo

e.  Produce educational materials based on transcribed and
translated texts


Molly Babel, Mono Lake Northern Paiute (Bridgeport, California,
USA)

US$550.

1. Produce written text collection of traditional narratives with
Northern Paiute and English text and accompanying audio CD

2. Produce follow along children's book with Northern Paiute and
English text and accompanying audio CD


April Counceller, Alutiiq or Sugpiaq/Pacific Eskimo (Kodiak
Island, AK, USA)

US$1000.

1. To advance knowledge of the Alutiiq language among rural
Alutiiq Elementary students and other learners

2. To document environmental language information with fluent
Elders

3 To develop resources for language learning accessible to
educators, cultural organizations and language learners


The Foundation is conscious that there were many other deserving
cases, but sadly US$5,000 was all we had to give away this year.

--
Nicholas Ostler
Chairman, Foundation for Endangered Languages
Registered Charity: England & Wales 1070616
172 Bailbrook Lane, Bath BA1 7AA, England
Phone: +44 (0)1225-852865 Mobile: (0)7720-889319
www.ogmios.org <http://www.ogmios.org/>
nostler at chibcha.demon.co.uk