Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Conference

[Andre Cramblit]

Full Title: 14th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium  
Short Title: SILS 14

Date: 01-Jun-2007 - 03-Jun-2007
Location: Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, USA Contact Person: Margaret Noori
Meeting Email: mnoori at umich.edu
Web Site: http://linguistlist.org/sils/index.html

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Documentation

Call Deadline: 15-May-2007

Meeting Description:
This year at the 14th annual SILS (Stabilizing Indigenous Languages  
Symposium) language instructors, technology experts and linguists  
will gather again to share the work, and the dreams, of language  
communities all over the world. The theme is 'Working Together We Can  
Bring Back the Language: How Technology Can Make it Happen.'

SILS 14 is hosted by the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation, Eastern  
Michigan University, and the LINGUIST List at the Soaring Eagle  
Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.

Particularly invited are presentations describing projects related to  
using technology in language documentation and preservation, self- 
documentation of endangered languages, innovative educational ideas,  
and proficiency outcomes. Presentations can take the following  
formats: 20 minute papers (plus question period), 15 minute  
demonstrations of technologies used to preserve and stabilize  
languages, poster presentations summarizing projects, and 1 hour  
workshops on successful methods of language preservation that can be  
adapted by a wide number of language groups.

Selection notification: 7th May

Suggested topics for talks, demos, and workshops include: web-based  
methods of preservation, instruction, and collaboration, options for  
distance learning, linguistic and cultural preservation, methods of  
successful instruction, revising languages without speakers,  
repatriation of language texts and recordings, and multi-generational  
community-based language initiatives.

Further information is available at:
http://linguistlist.org/sils/index.html
Telephone: (734) 487-0144 Fax: (734) 482-0132