Ax toowú át wudikeen, my spirit soars: Tlingit direct acquisition and co-learning pilot project

Many Indigenous languages, including Tlingit, are critically endangered and in urgent need of new adult speakers within the parent-aged generation. However, no consensus exists on language revitalization strategy, curricular design, lesson plans, assessment, or teaching methods. A small Tlingit coho...

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Main Author: Johnson, Sʔímlaʔxw Michele K.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii Press 2016
Subjects:
Indigenous language revitalization
second-language acquisition
direct acquisition method
sequenced curriculum
Tlingit
Nsyilxcn
filmed language assessment
tlingit
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24695
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spelling ftunivhawaiimano:oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/24695 2023-05-15T18:33:10+02:00 Ax toowú át wudikeen, my spirit soars: Tlingit direct acquisition and co-learning pilot project Johnson, Sʔímlaʔxw Michele K. 2016-09 31 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24695 en-US eng University of Hawaii Press Johnson, Sʔímlaʔxw Michele K. 2016. Ax toowú át wudikeen, my spirit soars: Tlingit direct acquisition and co-learning pilot project. Language Documentation & Conservation 10. 306--336. 1934-5275 http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24695 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International CC-BY-NC Indigenous language revitalization second-language acquisition direct acquisition method sequenced curriculum Tlingit Nsyilxcn filmed language assessment Article Text 2016 ftunivhawaiimano 2022-07-17T13:19:04Z Many Indigenous languages, including Tlingit, are critically endangered and in urgent need of new adult speakers within the parent-aged generation. However, no consensus exists on language revitalization strategy, curricular design, lesson plans, assessment, or teaching methods. A small Tlingit cohort courageously developed and piloted a new curriculum and acquisition method by following a proven curricular design borrowed from an Interior Salish language, Nsyilxcn. This article introduces broad concepts such as the motivations behind language revitalization and quality immersion strategies for creating proficient speakers. It further describes recording techniques, the creation of sequenced curriculum designed for learners to raise each other up while teaching, and training learners to teach. It also presents a story of Tlingit language activism blended with Syilx language activism, specifically the direct acquisition method and its successful application by an adult cohort of beginner Tlingit learners. National Foreign Language Resource Center Article in Journal/Newspaper tlingit ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa
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topic Indigenous language revitalization
second-language acquisition
direct acquisition method
sequenced curriculum
Tlingit
Nsyilxcn
filmed language assessment
spellingShingle Indigenous language revitalization
second-language acquisition
direct acquisition method
sequenced curriculum
Tlingit
Nsyilxcn
filmed language assessment
Johnson, Sʔímlaʔxw Michele K.
Ax toowú át wudikeen, my spirit soars: Tlingit direct acquisition and co-learning pilot project
topic_facet Indigenous language revitalization
second-language acquisition
direct acquisition method
sequenced curriculum
Tlingit
Nsyilxcn
filmed language assessment
description Many Indigenous languages, including Tlingit, are critically endangered and in urgent need of new adult speakers within the parent-aged generation. However, no consensus exists on language revitalization strategy, curricular design, lesson plans, assessment, or teaching methods. A small Tlingit cohort courageously developed and piloted a new curriculum and acquisition method by following a proven curricular design borrowed from an Interior Salish language, Nsyilxcn. This article introduces broad concepts such as the motivations behind language revitalization and quality immersion strategies for creating proficient speakers. It further describes recording techniques, the creation of sequenced curriculum designed for learners to raise each other up while teaching, and training learners to teach. It also presents a story of Tlingit language activism blended with Syilx language activism, specifically the direct acquisition method and its successful application by an adult cohort of beginner Tlingit learners. National Foreign Language Resource Center
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title Ax toowú át wudikeen, my spirit soars: Tlingit direct acquisition and co-learning pilot project
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title_full Ax toowú át wudikeen, my spirit soars: Tlingit direct acquisition and co-learning pilot project
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title_full_unstemmed Ax toowú át wudikeen, my spirit soars: Tlingit direct acquisition and co-learning pilot project
title_sort ax toowú át wudikeen, my spirit soars: tlingit direct acquisition and co-learning pilot project
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