Broadcasting: RadPed

[Mia Kalish]

Hi, Claire :-) 

It's that "repetitive" thing you know: Experts . . . .  Language dead . . .

And we hear it over and over and over, like a mantra. When I saw that thing
come in about Cherokee today, I really wanted to peak over the edge of my
cubicle and say, Nope, that's not true. We are doing all these things over
here to make sure its not true. 

Hope you are well. 

Mia

-----Original Message-----
From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
On Behalf Of Anggarrgoon
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 1:00 PM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Re: [ILAT] Broadcasting: RadPed

Mia's theory of a self-fulfilling prophecy implies that people listen to 
experts, which I'm not convinced about at all :)
Claire

Mia Kalish wrote:
> I would like to propose a radical pedagogy of language revitalization.
> 
>  
> 
> You know how "experts" are always saying X language could be extinct in 
> Y generations, setting up a situation for a self-fulfilling prophecy?
> 
>