LL-L: "Education" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 07.OCT.1999 (02)

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Education

Dear Lowlanders,

I received the following request for information.  Please respond to Mr.
Balodis directly (ubalodis at u.arizona.edu).

Regards,

Reinhard/Ron

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--- Uldis Balodis <ubalodis at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 23:31:59 -0700
> From: Uldis Balodis <ubalodis at u.arizona.edu>
> To: sassisch at geocities.com, 113221.531 at compuserve.com
> Subject: Frisian in schools and elsewhere
>
> Hi,
>
> My name is Uldis Balodis, and I'm a linguistics undergraduate at the
> University of Arizona in Tucson.  I'm currently in the last semester
> of
> my study here at the university and am conducting a survey of the
> language programs of the endangered and indigenous language groups of
> Eurasia as part of my graduation requirements.  The study is
> identical
> to one being carried out by an organization called IPOLA (Institute
> for
> the Preservation of the Original Languages of the Americas), located
> in
> Santa Fe, New Mexico (they are also the authors of this survey).  I'm
> not sure who to write to get the responses I'd need for Frisian, and
> as
> the listowners,
> I thought that perhaps you could help me with this.  I'm enclosing a
> copy
> of this survey with this e-mail.  If you could forward this survey to
> others who
> could help me, I'd be really greatful.  I'm also on somewhat of a
> tight
> time
> schedule as I need to complete the data-gathering aspect of this
> research
> by the end of October.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Best wishes,
> Uldis Balodis
> ____________________________________________
> 1.  Community profile:  Location;  Total population;  Estimated
> number
>     of speakers;  Position of the language program in the community
>     (degree of the community support -- including financial support)
>
> 2.  Language program profile
>     a. What is your language program?
>     b. How the program was established (e.g., as a part of a
> community
>        school, of a public school, of continuing education, etc.),
>        and who was instrumental in establishing it (e.g., a language
> and
>
>        culture department, a language committee, a volunteer/advocate
>        group, a church group, etc.)?
>
> 3.  The goal of the program
>     a. Long range goal
>     b. Immediate or specific objectives: what is aimed at and when it
>        is to be accomplished.
>     c. How the specific objectives are to be accomplished (e.g., by
>        teaching in a community school class, how often, how long for
> each
>        session; by implementing a master-apprentice* approach; etc.).
>     d. Who manages it (e.g. a designated office in the community,
> etc.)
>         Also, who finances
>        it (grant money, the community, etc.).
>
> 4.  Who are the teachers?  How are teachers selected, recruited, and
>     trained?
>
> 5.  Who are the learners?
>
> 6.  What materials are used?  How are language materials prepared and
>     produced?  What are the materials (documentation, grammar,
> dictionary,
>     books, interactive materials, photo-books, language tapes,
> language
>     cards, etc.)?
>
> 7.  Are there language researchers separate in addition to teachers?
>     If so, how are they recruited and trained?  What do they do?  Do
>     those researchers actively participate in the language program?
>     How do they contribute to the goals of the program?
>
> 8.  Are there curriculum and materials developers in addition to
>     teachers?  How are they recruited and trained?  Have you (or
> they)
>     developed your curriculum?  How about language teaching
> materials?
>
> 9.  Results:  How long has the program been running?  How have the
>     objectives been accomplished?  What has been effective?
>
> 10. Needs:  What are the needs of your program?  What would make your
>     program even more effective and successful?
>
> 11. Sharing:  Can the curriculum, language teaching materials, or
> any-
>     thing else be shared with other communities?  Can we give your
> name
>     (or someone else in the program) to others who need assistance in
>     planning and developing a curriculum and/or language teaching
>     materials?  Or is it easier for us to have a copy of relevant
>     materials for dissemination to those who seek assistance?
>
> *The Master-Apprentice program is a system used by several extremely
> small
> tribal groups in the United States to teach their languages to people
> who
> wish to learn them.  A fluent speaker (the master) is paired with a
> non-speaker who wishes to learn the language (the apprentice).  The
> language
> instruction is in the form of direct interaction in the language
> between  the
> "master" and the "apprentice".  It is said to be quite effective.

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