grad programs in documentation

[s.t. Bischoff]

In the spirit of Haley's comments, the Language, Culture and Reading
Program<https://www.coe.arizona.edu/tls/lrc/focus>in the School of
Education at the University of Arizona  is doing really
exciting things in this area...they have a focus area on
Indigenous/American Indian Language and Education (course list
here<https://www.coe.arizona.edu/tls/lrc/focus#indigenous>
)...


On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Haley De Korne <hal1403 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hi Monica et al,
> Great discussion & great to hear that more programs are including issues
> of pedagogy (& hopefully also policy, program design, language ideologies,
> multilingualism, etc).  I've met quite a few students interested in the
> transmission/ social status of endangered languages who were channelled
> towards documentary linguistics and/or formal analysis, which I think is
> unfortunate.
>
> I wholeheartedly recommend the MA in Applied Linguistics at the University
> of Victoria, where I had great support looking at revitalization issues,
> and also recommend the PhD in Educational Linguistics in the school of
> Education at the University of Pennsylvania, where I am currently. There
> are lots of relevant links between revitalization and the disciplines of
> education, anthropology, social policy, child development, and of course
> applied linguistics, among others-- people interested in this area
> shouldn't feel the need to restrict themselves to linguistics-- and in fact
> we'll be better off if they don't, because we need people with expertize in
> all these areas, in my opinion.
>
> best regards,
> Haley
>
> --
> --
> Haley De Korne
> PhD candidate Educational Linguistics
> University of Pennsylvania
>
>
>   On Thursday, May 1, 2014 1:01 PM, Scott Delancey <delancey at uoregon.edu>
> wrote:
>  For close-to-home programs, let me add NILI (Northwest Indian Language
> Institute) at the University of Oregon for folks in NW North America:
>
> http://pages.uoregon.edu/nwili/
>
> http://pages.uoregon.edu/nwili/summer-institute
> ---
> Scott DeLancey, Professor and Head
> Department of Linguistics
> University of Oregon 1290
> Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA
>
> 541-346-3901541-346-3901
>
> delancey at uoregon.edu
> http://pages.uoregon.edu/delancey/
>
>
>
> On 2014-05-01 10:17, Warner, Natasha - (nwarner) wrote:
>
> > Since the issue came up of people not being able to leave their own
> > area in order to get further training in language revitalization at a
> > far away university, I just also wanted to mention AILDI here in Tucson
> > and similar short, intensive programs, often during the summer. A
> > person can get quite a bit of training in language revitalization and
> > leave home for only a short time through AILDI and the similar summer
> > short programs at other locations. This is different from the original
> > question from an undergrad student who is looking for a longer term
> > graduate program in language revitalization and pedagogy, but it can be
> > a very helpful approach for a different purpose.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Natasha
> >
> > ***************************************************
> > Natasha Warner, Professor
> > Director of Graduate Studies
> > Dept. of Linguistics, Box 210028
> > University of Arizona
> > Tucson, AZ 85721-0028
> > USA
> > 520-626-5591520-626-5591
>
> > ***************************************************
> >
> > -------------------------
> >
> > FROM: ilat-request at list.arizona.edu [ilat-request at list.arizona.edu] on
> > behalf of Judy Thompson [jt at citytel.net]
> > SENT: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 7:17 PM
> > TO: ilat at list.arizona.edu
> > SUBJECT: Re: [ilat] grad programs in documentation
>
> >
> > Hi Phil,
> >
> > I know exactly what you mean! It is hard for people to uproot their
> > family to attend university, especially if they need to leave their
> > territory, the very home of the language they want to revitalize.
> >
> > I think the Master's program in Indigenous Language Revitalization at
> > the University of Victoria tries to find a middle ground with that. The
> > first summer, the students need to be in Victoria for one month. After
> > that, the students return home (to teach, work with fluent speakers,
> > raise families, etc) and every two months, they travel back to Victoria
> > for 6 days to do course work. For the rest of the time, I believe that
> > they interact with their professors and fellow students online and
> > other modes of communication.
> >
> > I'm not affiliated with this program, but UVic is my Alma mater and I
> > know many of the wonderful people who are part of UVic's Indigenous
> > Education Program!
> >
> > Judy Thompson, Ph.D.
> > Tahltan Language & Culture Lead
> >
> > On 2014-04-29, at 6:52 PM, Phil Albers wrote:
> >
> > Interesting topic! However what may the options be for one who cannot
> > really leave their homelands, or have children that aren't really able
> > to relocate? I have great interest and dedication to indigenous
> > language revitalization with an emphasis with family home life use.
> > Which is partly why I'm unable to actually pack up and leave to attain
> > any significant "western" credentials or furthering education.
> >
> > Are there any options for someone such as me? (I also know of many in
> > similar situations). Just a thought.
> >
> > yôotva,
> >
> > Phil Albers
> > (541) 261-8005(541) 261-8005
>
> >
> > On Apr 29, 2014, at 11:48 AM, "Monica Macaulay" <mmacaula at wisc.edu>
> > wrote: Hi all, One of our undergraduate majors was just in my office
> > asking me for recommendations for graduate schools to apply to. He's
> > interested in language documentation, and especially applications of
> > documentary materials for teaching. I know we've talked before about
> > how some of us (well, me at least!) feel like training in those applied
> > areas is really lacking. I'm writing to ask what you would recommend as
> > programs that would be good for a student interested in this. The
> > University of Hawaii is an obvious one for documentation, of course.
> > But where else? thanks! - Monica Monica Macaulay University of
> > Wisconsin Department of Linguistics 1164 Van Hise; 1220 Linden Dr.
> > Madison, WI 53706
>
>
>
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