At 16:38 in the video President Obama says, “We want children…learning about their language and learning about their culture.” This is wrong. We want them learning the language, not about it. We realize that the culture cannot be transmitted to new generations without some kind of vehicle – language. At 20:00 the gentleman explains about […]
Story Listening can save the Lakota language. Study this: http://www.welovedeutsch.com/story-listening
There is a tendency to think that the solution to save Native American languages is somehow different than just doing CI. But the young children of the Lakota and other indigenous peoples don’t need some kind of special instructional experience that is different than students of modern languages receive. The solution is not different because
When working from an invisible character with both physical and psychological characteristics that have originated in the group – either as a one word image or individually created image, depth and interest are generated in that character. Students become authentically involved with what is going on in class because the characters reflect genuine concerns that
