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About the Workshop Presentations Over the past 25 years, efforts to
restore, salvage or revitalize North American Indigenous languages have
remained largely ineffective, as made evident by the exceedingly small number
of fluent second language speakers in North America.
This year's workshop speakers will highlight voices of success with our youth, who will
speak about their learning experiences as second
language learners. It is hoped
that their sharing will help participants to learn how they can utilize these
successes in their own efforts to keep their languages vigorous and healthy. |
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About the Teacher Training WorkshopThe teacher-training workshop will guide language instructors through a method called Accelerated Second Language Acquisition©™. This method has broad application as a tool for language instruction across diverse languages and age groups. The applicability of this method for application and instruction for an unlimited number of languages is seamless. Participants will receive training in its use through hands on demonstrations, step-by-step explanations that will guide participants in how to use this approach, and with video footage of work with children, and adult college classes. Dr. Greymorning developed this approach to specifically bring second language learners to a level of language competency while accommodating language instructors working with limited resources and time. By the end of the three-day training session participants will have developed a minimum of a full year of language instructional materials structured toward creating second language speakers. Participants, if possible, should bring a lap top computer and come with the understanding that the three-day teacher training sessions will be work intensive, but also rewarding. Participants should note that if they are not fluent, than it is advised that a fluent or strong speaker should also attend to assist them with language subtleties.
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