Broadcasting: RadPed

[Mia Kalish]

I saw Wes' presentation at SSILA and he was wonderful. He has a really good
vision of how to present language so that the learner's brain has enough
material of the right kind to disambiguation the syntax patterns. 

 

Mia

 

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From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
On Behalf Of Susan Penfield
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:39 AM
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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. 
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> You know how "experts" are always saying X language could be extinct in
> Y generations, setting up a situation for a self-fulfilling prophecy?
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Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.

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