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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>We have begun to and hope to do more as more is made available. One person whi is a Jaqaru speaker but with Spanish dominant is on Facebook and puts up things there every few days, in the sense of recovering the language for heritage speakers. And I also am watching for interesting answers on this topic. Will the teachers use the material we are making available? If the Ministry OK’s it (the meeting on that just finished; we don’t know yet)? When they get internet in the mountains? When they have enough computers? And will the dust in the mountains make them unfunctional? Nothing easy in this.<BR>
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MJ<BR>
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On 11/1/09 11:15 AM, "s.t. bischoff" <<a href="bischoff.st@GMAIL.COM">bischoff.st@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>Along perhaps a similar vein, I wonder if archival websites or online dictionaries are being accessed. We've seen some great sights posted recently on ILAT, is anyone keeping track of hits or usage?<BR>
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Shannon<BR>
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On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Richard Zane Smith <<a href="rzs@wildblue.net">rzs@wildblue.net</a>> wrote:<BR>
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such a good question. I'm kinda waitin' for a good answer on this one too.<BR>
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Is there evidence yet, that all the high tech stuff is helping with fluency?<BR>
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Richard,<BR>
Wyandotte Oklahoma<BR>
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On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Susan Penfield <<a href="susan.penfield@gmail.com">susan.penfield@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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Has anyone done any specific research addressing the question of how technology (broadly) is impacting indigenous language communities? And / or how it is specifically being assessed, in terms of community involvement, as an instrument for either documenting or revitalizing endangered languages?<BR>
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Any input appreciated!<BR>
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Susan<BR>
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