The Northwest Indian Language Institute is proud to announce
We Are Speaking Together:
Language in the Home
Summer Institute: June 21nd-July 3rd 2009
University of Oregon, Eugene
Please join us for the 12th annual NILI Summer Institute at the University of Oregon June 21nd - July 3rd, 2009. Courses will cover a range of topics, including Northwest Native languages, linguistics, materials and technology, and teaching methods, centered around the theme From the classroom to the family: Language in the home. Together, we will explore ways that parents, programs and language teachers can encourage language use outside the classroom.
Course offerings
Teaching Methods for Indian Languages: Elements of Language Immersion (1 credit)
Participants will experience daily language immersion sessions as students. As we debrief each immersion session, we will focus on specific elements of successful language immersion that all language teachers and activists can use to pass their language on to the next generation, in the classroom and in the home. Participants will have opportunities to practice the immersion techniques we discuss in a supportive classroom environment, regardless of their personal level of language proficiency.
Instructors: Lindsay Marean and Tony Johnson
Computer Technology: Classroom Materials and Technology (1 credit)
In this hands-on course, students explore ways to make materials for classroom or home use. Students use latest technologies to create learning materials and practice using them as both teachers and learners.
Instructor: Racquel Yamada
Classroom Materials and Technology (1 credit)
In this class, participants will be asked to illustrate an original or existing story. Students will receive instruction in:
- Teaching language through stories
- Using oil pastels, watercolor, colored pencils and pens as media (any other medium is possible if prearranged with the instructor)
- Designing books
- Binding books
Participants are asked to bring the story of their choice with them, ideally already translated in their language. It can be original, from an existing story, personal or family oriented. NILI will supply limited materials for group use. Any specifically desired materials can be purchased by the participants at the University of Oregon bookstore.
Students wishing to use technology to build a storybook should take the Computer Technology class.
Instructor: Judith Fernandes
Introduction to Linguistics (1 credit)
This class will help you discover more about the patterns and structure of your language and it will help you with learning your language whether you are a language learner or language teacher. We will start by looking at the sound systems of your languages and how sounds pattern. We will practice pronunciation daily. We will look at how words are formed; this will lead us into discussing parts of speech in your language (and in English). We will talk some about meaning and also about some of the problems with translation. Finally, we will look at how words are put together to make sentences.
Instructor: Janne Underriner
Introduction to Sahaptin Linguistics (1 credit)
This class is designed for teachers and learners of Ichishkiin (Sahaptin). We will focus on learning about the sounds, patterns and structure of the language and its many dialects. We'll begin with looking at the sound system, and how to pronounce particular sounds. We will then look at words and how words are formed, and we'll see how words are put together to form sentences.
Instructor: Joana Jansen
Advanced Linguistics for NW Indian Languages (1 credit)
This course is intended for students who have taken the introductory linguistics class at NILI, or have some similar background in linguistics. The emphasis will be on using scholarly materials (grammars, dictionaries, texts) prepared by linguists to help you understand your language and how to teach it. The class will be useful to anyone who is learning a language and trying to improve their skills and knowledge. The practice which we will get in analyzing the words of the language, and understanding how the grammar works, will also be useful to anyone trying to write curriculum or materials for a language class.
Instructor: TBA
Chinuk Wawa (1 credit)
The focus of the class is on learning Chinuk Wawa, a language spoken throughout the Pacific Northwest, and learning the history and culture of the tribal people who spoke it. Students will (1) learn the sound system of Chinuk Wawa to be able to (2) converse in a variety of common everyday settings using vocabulary and structures presented in class. Emphasis is placed on daily speaking, writing, reading and listening of Chinuk Wawa and learning about the cultures of the people who spoke and still speak the language.
Instructor: Tony Johnson
Sahaptin (1 credit)
As long as the American Indian natives can remember, their language has never been written. The stories and teachings were passed down orally throughout each generation. There were story-tellers and whipmen who were the teachers. Now, the Elders have passed away and their wisdom died with them. There are few fluent speakers left, and the young generation is becoming alarmed that their culture and language is dwindling away. They believe whatever is left should be preserved. They are now relying on the colleges and universities for help. Consequently, writing systems have developed. This course will teach an introduction to a practical writing system and the sounds of Sahaptin. Students learn words and phrases in the Sahaptin language.
Instructor: Virginia Beavert
Tolowa (1 credit)
The focus of the class is on learning Tolowa Dene, a language spoken in southern coastal Oregon and California, and learning the history and culture of its tribal people. Students will (1) learn the sounds system (2) be able to converse in a variety of common everyday settings using vocabulary and structures presented in class. Emphasis is placed on daily speaking and listening, with some writing and reading exercises.
Instructors: Loren Bommelyn
Lushootseed - A Total Immersion Language Class (1 credit)
Lushootseed is the indigenous language spoken in the Puget Sound area. Its region includes all of Puget Sound, its river tributaries, Whidbey Island and Skagit Valley.
The most effective process for teaching languages is through a full immersion. The best way to learn how to conduct a full immersion is to experience one. This course is ideal for beginning, as well as advanced students. Teachers who are not Lushootseed speakers may be interested in attending to see how an immersion language class is taught. The course will also tie into the workshop theme of getting language into the home through using traditional stories, storybooks, audio CDs, and even the Internet. By the end of the two-week course, the estimated vocabulary exposure is between 200 and 300 words.
The course will cover:
1: The 43 Lushootseed sounds and IPA letters used to represent them,
2: Vocabulary building and introductory phrases,
3: Four traditional stories from the Puget Sound region, including: Changer and Bear, The Frogs Say, Crow Paints the Rocks, and Lady Louse
By the end of the two-week course, the estimated vocabulary exposure is between 200 and 300 words.
Independent Language Study (1 credit)
This is a guided study of selected indigenous languages. The class will be useful to anyone who is learning a language and trying to improve their skills and knowledge. The practice which we will get in analyzing the words of the language, and understanding how the grammar works, will also be useful to anyone trying to write curriculum or materials for a language class.
Instructors: TBA
Costs for the Summer Institute:
Tuition (4 University Credits): $1300
Materials and Computer Lab Fees: $125
Approximate Housing Fee: $725 (Includes dorm room and all meals during Institute)
In addition, students will be responsible for purchasing course books at the UO Bookstore (approximately $40-50), and a campus parking permit (approximately $50).
A non-refundable deposit of $150 is due by May 22nd, 2009.
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Priority registration deadline: May 22, 2009
After May 22, 2009, registration will be on a space-available basis.
Scholarship Information :
It is time to begin the scholarship process for NILI 2009! As in years past, limited tuition scholarships are available for the NILI 2009 Summer Institute. Scholarships are for partial tuition only and do not cover housing or meals. Scholarship funds are targeted towards those who could not attend the institute without support. If you are employed as a teacher or at a language program or school district, you must first seek funding from your program. We encourage all those in need of financial assistance to seek funding from other sources as well. NILI received generous support last year and we were able to give at least some funding to all who applied. This year we will be challenged to do so. Please apply early as we will not be able to extend the deadline.
Scholarship Application Deadline is April 20, 2009
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For further questions please e-mail NILI at nwili@uoregon.edu. |
