Quiche and Quechua?

[Peter Hook]

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UNESCO is paying good money to someone who doesn't know the difference
between Quiche and Quechua?? God help the UN!

"In Guatemala, for example, there is a USAID-funded project called Enlace
Quiche which supports education in the Quechua language."

	Peter


> > Dear list members,
> >
> > I received this mail today looking for Information and Communication
> > Technologies (ICT's) to support language teaching, among other things. If
> > anyone happens to know of such work, Ms. Da Fonseca would be very
> > interested. Please reply directly to her (and perhaps to me as well, as
> > I'd be very interested!).
> >
> > All the best,
> > John
> >
> > ---------------------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----------------------
> > Betreff: South Asian Linguistics-request
> > Von:     "Da Fonseca, Nathalie" <n.dafonseca at unesco.org>
> > Datum:   Don, 15.07.2004, 15:18
> > An:      "'jpeterso at uni-osnabrueck.de'" <jpeterso at uni-osnabrueck.de>
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Dear Mr Peterson,
> > As I have found very interesting information in your website "South Asian
> > Linguistics" I included it in the links in the website* of a project from
> > the UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector called Initiative B at bel
> > which aims at giving acces to information by using Information and
> > Communication Technologies (ICTs) to support linguistic and cultural
> > diversity, and protect languages in danger of disappearance.
> > Within the framework of this project Initiative B at bel, and as part of my
> > studies related to languages-cultures ( language policy,
> > teaching, creating tools, developing training), I am currently working on
> > a study to identify and evaluate ICT-based language learning programmes,
> > particularly those seeking to support literacy and acquisition of local
> > languages. In Guatemala, for example, there is a USAID-funded project
> > called Enlace Quiche which supports education in the Quechua language. The
> > material has been developed with local communities and is distributed on
> > CD-ROM.  Could you let me know if such initiatives are ongoing in Germany
> > or elsewhere or if you know people/tools related to such projects.
> > Thank you for your attention.
> > With warmest regards,
> > Nathalie Da Fonseca.
> >
> > *It is under construction at the moment but you can have a brief
> > presentation of it from this page of UNESCO Education Sector
> > http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=19749&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&UR
> > L_SECTION=201.html
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Nathalie Da Fonseca
> > Information Society Division
> > Communication and Information Sector
> > UNESCO
> > 1 rue Miollis, 75015 Paris, France
> > 01 45 68 43 93
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> >
> > --
> > John Peterson
> > FB 7, Sprachwissenschaft
> > Universität Osnabrück
> > D-49069 Osnabrück
> > Germany
> > Telephone: (+49) (0)541-969 4252
> > Telefax: (+49) (0)541-969 4256
> > Homepage: http://www.SouthAsiaBibliography.de/
>