suggestions anyone?

[Richard Zane Smith]

thanks Doug and Natasha,
good way to explain it about not "giving away the answer" in class.
the books (Natasha) sounds excellent...another project! for me to look into.
(sounds like i need to have some meetings with these teachers)

Its tough because ...sadly: *I'm it*. I'm our local language revitalization
effort,
which is foolish and even ridiculous. there is no language committee in our
tribe
and if anythings going to happen its because I'm insane enough to volunteer
to
attempt it on my own....and this is the 6th year of me  ..."doing it alone"

You all who have healthy language/culture revitalization efforts
Have something to thank the Creator for.
Just don't forget about some of us foolish ones, winging it alone,
carrying the whole weight but determined not to give up..even if it kills
us.

'preciate having some pros to bounce ideas upon here on ILAT!
ske;noh
Richard





On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Natasha L Warner <nwarner at u.arizona.edu>wrote:

> I think Leanne Hinton's book that's actually a guide to the Master
> Apprentice program, _How to Keep your Language Alive_, has some good
> explanations of why immersion without translation is the way to go.  Maybe
> something in that would help you with how to explain it to the teachers.
> It's a challenging issue--even people who really know better about
> immersion so often want to just "help" by providing translation.  Good
> luck.
>
> Natasha
>
>
> *******************************************************************************
> Natasha Warner
> Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
> University of Arizona
> PO Box 210028
> Tucson, AZ 85721-0028
> U.S.A.
>
>


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