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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I don't know of formally organised M-A schemes in Australia. When I was doing Native Title work in N. Queensland a few years back I met up with a situation of a Girramay woman in her 70's who has since died (a fluent speaker of this highly endangered language) who had independently and without input from linguists, overseas models etc set up something very similar with a woman of about 30. The latter was keen and also had quite a high level of education, but it was a rigorous regime of being with the older woman for long periods of time. I don't think any evaluation was done on this 'experiment' and there was no language centre to support this individual effort. My impression was that the younger woman was finding it hard to learn the language fully and that she would have benefitted from having regional institutional support like a language centre and more structured materials rather than just relying on a 'traditional' oral method of instruction.<BR>
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Pat McConvell<BR>
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From: Margaret Florey [<A HREF="mailto:Margaret.Florey@arts.monash.edu.au">mailto:Margaret.Florey@arts.monash.edu.au</A>]<BR>
Sent: Wed 5/7/2008 3:46 PM<BR>
To: Resource-Network-Linguistic-Diversity@unimelb.edu.au<BR>
Subject: Master Apprentice in Australia<BR>
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Dear RNLD-ers,<BR>
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Does anyone know of examples of the Master-Apprentice Program being used<BR>
with Australian Indigenous languages? I know it's been recommended for<BR>
use (in NILS, and in relation to NSW languages), and I'd appreciate<BR>
hearing of any cases.<BR>
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best wishes,<BR>
Margaret<BR>
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Dr Margaret Florey<BR>
Senior Lecturer<BR>
Linguistics Program<BR>
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics<BR>
Monash University<BR>
Victoria 3800<BR>
Australia<BR>
Tel: +61 (0)3 9905-2237<BR>
Fax: +61 (0)3 9905-5437<BR>
Email: Margaret.Florey@arts.monash.edu.au<BR>
Home page: <A HREF="http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/linguistics/staff/mflorey.php">http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/linguistics/staff/mflorey.php</A><BR>
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Studies in Language Endangerment<BR>
Web Site: <A HREF="http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ling/pglangen/">http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ling/pglangen/</A><BR>
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Maluku Endangered Languages Project<BR>
Email: Maluku@arts.monash.edu.au<BR>
Fax: +61 (0)3 9905-8492<BR>
Web Site <A HREF="http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ling/maluku/">http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ling/maluku/</A><BR>
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