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[Maya Tracy Borhani]

he-he! Evan from Where are your keys?

Hesasaka, Maya from Mtn. Maidu country!

good to know we're both on the list: will try to get Farrell CUnningham to come to the upcoming WHere Are YOur Keys workshop
 would you actually mind re-sending me that info?
WITH THANK!

Maya

On Jun 26, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Evan Gardner wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> Evan from "Where Are Your Keys?" 
> 
> We have a technique called "speak to remember, write to forget".
> 
> It is a pretty general way of saying your language will live if it is spoken... so speak it.
> 
> If the same amount of time were spent creating speakers then we wouldn't have to write anything down. We would just speak and live. Knowledge would just live within individuals and communities.
> 
> I am in no way against writing. I have just seen that writing is not the easiest point of entry for two year olds. If adults learn by writing then they will try to teach by writing. Why not teach in the same way you would want the adults teaching the children. Train the adults to teach children by teaching the adults to speak. 
> 
> It does seam like a bit of work to get speaking but with clever curriculum organization speaking can happen in minutes. Then no one has to memorize anything. Language flows through the mind and into the community.
> 
> My 2 cents
> 
> I am enjoying the conversation as usual.
> 
> Thanks