from SIL 15, Flagstaff AZ

[Earl Otchingwanigan]

Hear, Hear!, well said....
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Richard LaFortune<mailto:anguksuar at YAHOO.COM> 
  To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU> 
  Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:10 AM
  Subject: Re: [ILAT] from SIL 15, Flagstaff AZ


  I wish they'd stick with the acronym SILC (Stabilizing
  Indigenous Languages Conference) rather than risking
  shortening SIL, which tends to conflate it with an
  organization with a notorious history.
  Richard LaFortune

  --- phil cash cash <cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU<mailto:cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>> wrote:

  > Greetings,
  > 
  > I just finished the first day of the Stabilizing
  > Indigenous Languages (SIL) 15. 
  > A very inspiring and heart felt conference attended
  > by mostly indigenous
  > community language practitioners, teachers, and
  > advocates who are engaged in
  > language revitalization work.
  > 
  > SIL
  > http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/SIL9brochure.html<http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/SIL9brochure.html>
  > 
  > A number of sessions today (and perhaps tomorrow as
  > well) showed how digital
  > video/film is being used both as a documentation and
  > revitalization tool in the
  > indigenous communities.  Technology is also playing
  > key role for a number of
  > communities.  But I must add that language immersion
  > is still widely considered
  > as THE primary method(s) for creating and sustaining
  > new speakers of a heritage
  > language.
  > 
  > Anyway, this quick note is not really meant as a
  > review but just a reminder of
  > all the great and impressive revitalization work
  > that is happening today...in
  > spite of all the tremendous odds many communities
  > are facing.
  > 
  > Phil Cash Cash
  > UofA
  > 



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