[HERITAGE-LIST] Course offerings: Aboriginal Language Revitalization Program, University of Victoria

Tue Feb 13 20:01:49 UTC 2007

The Aboriginal Language Revitalization Program of the En'owkin Centre and the University of Victoria is offering two six-day intensive courses in the 2007 Spring Session. You can participate in these courses for elective credit within the Certificate in Aboriginal Language Revitalization, or take the individual courses on a transfer credit or non-credit basis. We welcome the participation of anyone with a commitment to the preservation and revitalization of Aboriginal languages. 

Please register early as spaces are limited. Full course information is available at  http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/calr/courses-electives.aspx  -- 
and details on the program and on the admission/registration process are provided on the Program website at  http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/calr/  

METHODS FOR IMMERSION LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING 
Dates: Monday, March 26 to Saturday, March 31, 2007; 9 am - 4 pm, 
Location: En'owkin Centre, Penticton, BC 

Immersion formats create highly effective environments in which endangered aboriginal languages can be taught and  learned. This six-day intensive course for language teachers and others involved in language preservation and revitalization work, provides an introduction to immersion teaching and learning principles and techniques, and explores 
three practical immersion methods in order to create a foundation for practical applications in a variety of situations and programs. 

Topics include the nature of full immersion in real world learning, and modifications required for delivery within structured delivery environment. Three immersion models will be discussed by resource people involved in their development and delivery: elementary school immersion 
model utilizing total physical response (TPR) methods; a modified adult classroom immersion model, utilizing associative/cognitive method; a small group Master/Apprentice model in which fluent speakers converse 
with apprentices through full immersion. 

Instructor: Jeannette Armstrong, Doctor of Letters HC; University of St. Thomas; BFA, University of Victoria; Fine Arts Diploma, Okanagan UC; Executive Director of the En'owkin Program; and Academic Advisor to the Certificate Program in Aboriginal Language Revitalization. 

LANGUAGE IN FIRST NATIONS CULTURE 
Dates: April 30 - May 5, 9 am to 4:30 pm 
Location: University of Victoria 

An intensive examination of the ways in which language is embedded in the cultural heritage and social context of a selected community, with a focus on oral history, including legends, song, dance, and cultural practices, methods, and protocols, along with the impacts and implications of social change on language. 

Marianne Nicholson brings to the course her own background as a Dzawada'enuxw member of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations of the Pacific Northwest Coast. However, the course draws students from various cultures and each participant is asked to bring the experiences of language and culture from their own background into the learning environment of the course. Ultimately, exploring the experiences from different communities will enable participants to surmise both common 
denominators in language and cultural relationship as well as strategies in dealing with language and cultural revitalization.   

Instructor: Marianne Nicolson is a member of the Dzawada'enuxw Tribe of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations who reside on the coastal mainland of British Columbia. She holds a BFA from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and a MFA in Visual Art from the University of Victoria. As an 
artist her work has been shown both nationally and internationally at venues such as the National Indian Art Centre, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the Jordan National Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. 

You'll also find information on our intensive July and August Summer Institutes that offer core courses in the Aboriginal Language Revitalization Program at 
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/calr/courses-institutes.aspx . Please let us know if you have questions... 

Lisa Mort-Putland 
Program Coordinator, Cultural Management Programs 
Continuing Studies, University of Victoria 
PO Box 3030 Stn CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3N6 
250 721 6119 

Cultural Resource Management Program http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp 
<http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp> 

Aboriginal Language Revitalization Program http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/calr 
<http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/calr> 

Intercultural Education and Training Program http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/iet 