[Linganth] Language and culture speakers' bureau for IB course

[Laura Ahearn]

Dear All,

As some of you may remember, I've been advising the International
Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) over the past few years as they've been
creating a new IB Language and Culture course that is partly based on *Living
Language*. The course is being piloted at the Standard Level (SL) in more
than 30 high schools around the world, and we're now piloting a higher
level (HL) version of the course as well. Eventually, all IB schools will
have the option to offer the course at both levels.

One unit of the HL version of Language & Culture is a "Practitioners' Unit"
that gives students a taste of how different kinds of professionals use the
insights of linguistic anthropology in their work. We've created a sort of *"IB
Language & Culture Speakers' Bureau" *-- a list of people who would be
willing to speak to a Language & Culture class about their experiences as
academic researchers, indigenous language advocates, language policy
analysts, translators, human centered design specialists, cross-cultural
business  consultants...or whatever positions might involve the use of
skills, concepts, theories, and insights drawn from linguistic anthropology.

Many of you responded that you would be willing to speak to a high school
class about your work -- *thank you so much*! I'm reaching out again now to
encourage more of you to do so, and to give those of you already on the
list to provide updated information. If you're interested, please fill
out *this
short form <https://forms.gle/fZbQf1XTKZswxZdRA> *to give us an idea of the
topic(s) you might discuss, and I'll add you to our *"IB Language & Culture
speakers' bureau."* You won't be committing to anything now, and if
contacted later, you can always say no. Think of this as a chance to create
a pipeline of students who become interested in linguistic anthropology at
the high school level.

I hope you'll *consider joining the "IB Language and Culture speakers'
bureau."*
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mRA9_i3a8QHz-eTXv0r8PsuHG-M-XtrJXrzSi_fko6Y/edit?usp=sharing>
Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Laura Ahearn
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