TPR

[Sarah Supahan]

In my opinion, TPR is a GREAT tool. Learning kinesthetically helps  
language retention immeasurably. If TPR is the only method used, then  
that would be ok and much preferred over many other methods, most  
especially the old fashioned translation method. However, using what is  
referred to as Communication Based Instruction provides a larger,  
over-reaching method that includes TPR.

Sarah


On Jul 9, 2005, at 12:09 PM, Paula Meyer wrote:

> I would like to discuss the interface of TPR (and TPR-S) with elder  
> Native
> language teachers.  This can include culture, modes of communication,  
> etc.
> If you are a language bearer, what are your experiences with TPR?   
> What do
> you think of it as a method for getting your students to know the  
> language?
> If you are a program coordinator, how has TPR worked in your program?   
> If
> not TPR, what?
> Paula
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "phil cash cash" <cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>
> To: <ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:33 AM
> Subject: [ILAT] Dictionary may preserve language of the Miami (fwd)
>
>
>> Wednesday, June 29, 2005
>> Dictionary may preserve language of the Miami
>>
>> The Associated Press
>>
> http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050629/NEWS01/ 
> 50629039
> 9/1056
>>
>> MIAMI, Okla. - Without a fluent speaker left, the Miami Tribe of
>> Oklahoma hopes to revive its language through the publication of a
>> dictionary.
>>
>> Daryl Baldwin, a co-editor of the dictionary, said the book is drawn
>> from records spanning three centuries, beginning with dictionaries
>> created by French missionaries of the late 17th and early 18th
>> centuries and including word lists and texts collected in the 19th and
>> early 20th centuries. The project, a collaborative effort with Miami
>> University of Ohio, began in 1991.
>>
>> "Our language is rich and complex," said Baldwin, 42. "The dictionary
>> proves it is a lie that the 'savage' Indian only needed 2,000 or 3,000
>> words to communicate."
>>
>> The language died out as part of an English-only campaign the U.S.
>> government conducted in an assimilation policy that lasted into the
>> 1960s.
>>
>> "I never learned the language," said Floyd Leonard, the tribe's
>> 78-year-old chief. "It wasn't something that was done when I was a
>> child."
>>
>> Baldwin, an Ohio native and Miami Tribe of Oklahoma member, said a
>> language is part of what defines a people.
>>
>> "Most of us have been removed from our cultural heritage," Baldwin  
>> said.
>> "We started asking, What is Miami? Without speakers of the language,
>> it's hard to get a glimpse of what that means. Language is culture."
>>
>> The dictionary came out about two weeks ago. Other projects planned
>> include a field guide to plant species found in the tribe's historical
>> lands in Ohio and Indiana expected to be finished later this year, and
>> a mapping project that will reclaim tribal place names, which is under
>> way.
>>
>> An audio CD of Miami speakers that contains vocabulary, phrases,
>> conversation, the Miami origin story and the Lord's Prayer was
>> completed in 2002.
>>
>