Hi JOHNNY!!!<br>We have all been teaching for AILDI -- every day -- long days -- but WOW it has been amazing! I really wish you could come down -- I haven't been able to get extra travel money yet to make that happen -- but I'm still trying for it. Think about next summer -- would the B-I -A give you a month off? Ben and Lika will be up again soon -- early July -- I'm headed north with my kids for a vacation -- but you will see me a lot in the fall !
<br><br>How are things going? Hi to Berta and the boys! (And the dogs...any more puppies?)<br>Best,<br>Susan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/25/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">johnny hilljr</b> <<a href="mailto:johnny_hilljr@yahoo.com">
johnny_hilljr@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>hEY Susan where have you been.</div><div><span class="e" id="q_10c0bff59729e1ca_1">
<br><br><b><i>Susan Penfield <<a href="mailto:susan.penfield@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">susan.penfield@GMAIL.COM</a>></i></b> wrote: <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">
Andre,<br><br>I have to ask -- and am sorry that I do -- but, in this case, would the grant agency count 'Indigenous' languages as 'Foreign Languages" -- Probably not - and, of course, all on this list would blanch at that idea. What I have found is that funding of this type may represent a popular political agenda which provides great attention toward foreign language teaching (particularly of the 'strategic' languages -- those of anti-US countries). I'm not passing judgement, just making an observation.
<br><br>I would not want to discourage any program that fosters language teaching. We ,here in the US, do need to expand our horizons in terms of foreign language learning. However, I feel that support for endangered Indigenous languages, while
surfacing in some places (like NSF/NEH DEL grants and ANA...) is generally not well supported by private foundations. This is particularly true of grants for immersion activities to support revitalization. <br><br>Given the world language crisis, it would be great if this foundation, for example, would extend the funding for 'innovative and creative programs to support immersion activities for endangered languages." Maybe next year?
<br><br>Thanks for the post...<br>Best,<br>Susan<br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/25/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andre Cramblit</b> <<a href="mailto:andrekar@ncidc.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
andrekar@ncidc.org</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 15px;">
<font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Innovation Fund
provides one-time grants to spark the creation or expansion of innovative education programs focusing on a particular field each year. </span></font><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">
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The 2007 Innovation Fund seeks proposals in two areas:</span></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 15px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">1) International educational experiences occurring outside the United States, and
</span></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="line-height: 15px;"><font face="Georgia" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">2) Foreign language immersion programs located in the United States or
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</span></span></font></span></a></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.<br><br><br>Department of English(Primary) <br>American
Indian Language Devel.Institute<br>Department of Linguistics <br>Second Language Acquistion &Teaching <br> Ph.D. Program<br>Dept. of Language,Reading and Culture<br>The Southwest Center (Research)<br> <br>Phone for messages: (520) 621-1836
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<p></p></span></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.<br><br><br>Department of English(Primary) <br>American Indian Language Devel.Institute<br>Department of Linguistics
<br>Second Language Acquistion &Teaching<br> Ph.D. Program<br>Dept. of Language,Reading and Culture<br>The Southwest Center (Research)<br> <br>Phone for messages: (520) 621-1836