Broadcasting: RadPed

[Susan Penfield]

One positive change I am seeing is the notion that languages that have been
well documented are not dead, but 'sleeping' or 'dormant' -- A very nice
presentation at the GURT conference recently was by Wesley Leonard (Miami)
who suggested a revised classification of languages based on the fact that
some languages are just 'sleeping' -- and can be reawakened with new
approaches and commitment to revitalization.
S.

On 3/13/06, Mia Kalish <MiaKalish at learningforpeople.us> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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>
> 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?
> >
> >
>



--
Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.

Department of English
Affiliate faculty: Department of Linguistics
and the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program
American Indian Language Development Institute
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