ELL: Northwest Indigenous Language Institute

Scott DeLancey delancey at darkwing.uoregon.edu
Mon Mar 29 16:57:27 UTC 1999


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Thought this might be of interest to the list:

===================================================================
                           The Second
			                Northwest Indigenous Language
                           Institute


			                         June 21-July 9, 1999
						                 University of
						                 Oregon,
						                 Eugene, OR

								 The
								 Department of
								 Linguistics
								 at the
								 University of
								 Oregon
								 announces the
								 second annual
								 Northwest
								 Indigenous
								 Language
								 Institute, to
								 be held on
								 the
								 University
								 campus June
								 21-July 9,
								 1999.
								 Classes,
								 designed
								 specifically
								 for people
								 working in
								 Tribal
								 language
								 maintenance
								 and
								 revitalization
								 programs,
								 will
								 carry
								 University of
								 Oregon
								 credit.
								 Three-credit
								 courses will
								 meet two
								 hours per
								 day; 1-credit
								 courses one
								 hour per day.


								 COURSES

								 Offerings
								 will include:


								      Introduction
								      to
								      Language
								      Teaching
								      for
								      Teachers
								      in
								           Native
								      Language
								      Programs
								      (3
								      credits)

								           Introduction
								           to
								           Linguistics
								           and
								           Northwest
								           Languages
								           for
									        Teachers
								           in
								           Native
								           Language
								           Programs
								           (3
								           credits)

									        Workshop
									        on
									        Computer
									        Implementations
									        for
									        Native
										     Language
									        Programs
									        (1
									        credit)

										     One-day
										     workshops
										     on
										     grant
										     writing,
										     audio-visual
										          production
										     techniques,
										     or
										     other
										     topics.
										     
Depending on enrollment and available staff, we expect to offer
one or two more advanced courses.  Several possibilities are
described on the back of this sheet.  We ask for advice from
language programs and communities about which of these you might
find most useful, or other suggestions of classes which might be
more useful than these.

Cost

University of Oregon tuition will be $770 for 7 undergraduate
credit hours.  Some scholarship aid will be available.

Housing in University dormitories will be available; the
approximate cost is $650-700 per person for double occupancy,
around $775 for single occupancy.  Depending on enrollment, we
expect to offer one or two additional courses besides the basic
courses in language teaching and linguistic analysis.

Possibilities for additional courses include:

     Advanced Language Teaching

     Morphology and Linguistic Analysis of Northwest Languages:
               Principles of analyzing words and sentences, applied to
	                 the analysis of important parts of the grammar of
			           languages of the area, chosen according to
               student
	                 interest.

			      Phonetics for language analysis and teaching:
			      How the
			                sounds of your language and other
			      languages of the area
			                are made; how to teach them; different
			      ways of writing
			                a Native language (phonetic
			      transcription, linguist's
			                system, practical teaching
			      orthography) and what they
			                are useful for.

					     Creating your own linguistic
					     materials, and linguist's
					               materials:  How to work
					     with an elder to get the
					               information you need to
					     understand the grammar and
					               write teaching
					     materials.  How to use grammars
					     and
					               dictionaries written by
					     linguists for other linguists.
					               How to find and use old
					     documents and recordings of
					               your language in
					     libraries and museums.

					     If you have any ideas about these
					     or any other courses which you
					     think might be of interest to you
					     or your program, please write
					     comments on the attached.



					     For further information contact:

					          Scott DeLancey 541-346-3901
						                 e-mail
						                 delancey at darkwing.uoregon.edu
								                fax
						                 541-346-3917

								      Janne
								      Underriner
								      541-346-3199
								                     e-mail
								      jlu at darkwing.uoregon.edu
								                     fax
								      541-346-3917
								      =====================================================================
    Please detach this page and return or send it to Scott DeLancey,
    Dept. of Linguistics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403


    It will help us a lot in planning for NILI, if individuals and
    programs who are interested in participating would send us the
    following information as soon as possible:

         Tribe or program, and contact person:



	      Number (and names, if possible) of people from your
	           program potentially interested in attending the
		        Institute:





			     Courses they are likely to be interested in:






			          Do you have suggestions of other courses,
			          workshops, or
				       other activities which would make NILI
			          more useful to
				       you or your program?






				       For further information contact:

				       Scott DeLancey 541-346-3901,e-mail
				       delancey at darkwing.uoregon.edu

				       Janne Underriner 541-346-3199, e-mail
				       jlu at darkwing.uoregon.edu

				       fax 541-346-3917

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