The following is a synopsis of a proposal to revamp foreign language instruction in Colorado secondary schools. The original text was written by the Coordinator of World Languages in Denver Public Schools, Diana Noonan. It is now expected that students in secondary programs throughout Colorado align with the specific levels of proficiency ranging from novice […]

Wouldn’t it be cool if we could have a role, however small, in saving native languages? If anyone can offer something to this unfolding tragedy, we can. Here is a related post from Michele: Dear Ben, This http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:jMnA8n4GWkIJ:www.gov.nu.ca/education/eng/css/curr/resources/ILITAU~Eng.pdf+%22Ilitaunnikuliriniq+Student+Assessment+in+Nunavut+Schools%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a is a very long article, but if you scroll down just far enough to read the elders’ stories,