Open Letter to Secretary of Interior Jewell

[Wayne Leman]

Michael, I'm guessing that they have succeeded by immersing children in the 
language. I think that is the only way that children can learn a language. I 
don't think it can be done in schools just by learning lists of words or the 
"grammar" of a language.

Wayne

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Michael Everson
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 2:52 PM
To: ilat at list.arizona.edu
Subject: Re: [ilat] Open Letter to Secretary of Interior Jewell

> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 11:39 AM
>
> That open letter addresses the only realistic way I know of for schools to 
> help save indigenous languages, language immersion in all subjects. Thank 
> you for sharing it, Jon.

In Ireland the Gaelscoileanna succeed in instilling fluency where the 
regular school system fails utterly.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/