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Tuesday, Handbooks to help recover language |
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Awakening Our Languages - How-to Handbook Series
Anishinaabemodaa.com is offering this series to help those looking for resource material. Each booklet contains a wealth of knowledge and will help lay the ground work required in setting up and maintaining a language program. Your order will also help the Indigenous Langauge Institute continue to provide valuable material in the future.
In 2004 the Indigenous Language Institute published the first eight volumes of its new Awakening Our Languages Series. This series is a how-to guide assisting with the various aspects of successful language program planning. The Handbooks are a result of an in-depth analysis of Tribal Language Programs nationwide.
ILI undertook the research for these publications over a three-year period from 2000 to 2003 through grants from the Educational Foundation of America, the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Native American Languages Program of the Administration for Native Americans, within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. This publication was made possible through a grant from the Ford Foundation.
To gather this information, our team of Tribal Language experts conducted visits on-site with people in 54 language programs across the United States to asses the level of retention of their language and their current language revitalization efforts. "Best practices" as articulated and practiced by grassroots language teachers in diverse situations are featured in these handbooks.
Handbook 1 - Awakening Our Languages: An Introduction
Handbook 3 - Conducting a Language Survey
Handbook 4 - Envisioning a Language Program
Handbook 5 - Knowing Our Language Learners
Handbook 6 - Knowing Our Language Teachers
Handbook 8 - Designing Curriculum
Handbook 9 - Evaluating Our Language Program
Handbook 10 Understanding First & Second Language Acquisition
There are three more Handbooks that will be available later. Each Handbook is $5.50, the set of 8 Handbooks is available for a price of $44.00. These prices do not include shipping and handling
Click here to purchase these Handbooks from the Indigenous Language Institute Internet site.
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