WAYK Podcast, Episode 32: Killing Faeries
32 minutes and 14 seconds. [direct download] 1. Technique “Killing Faeries” Every time you ask for a translation, and receive it, you kill a faery. It’s not the end of… Read more »
Yearly Archives: June 14, 2010
Playing WAYK Without a Common Language
What do you do when you don’t have a spoken Bridge Language? You play WAYK! Sometimes you can think of WAYK as really just the best game of charades you’ll… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 31: Tea with Grandma
45 minutes and 52 seconds. [direct download] 1. Technique “Tea with Grandma” 2. Technique “Same Conversation” Leanne Hinton’s work with the Master/Apprentice system. Hang out with your elder, as much… Read more »
Using WAYK to Learn Norwegian at XP 2010
For a very good reason, which they understand better than I, XP (Extreme Programming) and Agile Software Development enthusiasts see a connection between the mentoring language and play of the… Read more »
“Save Your Language” Conference 2010
Here’s a short video of the SYL 2010 conference, held on June 5th and 6th in Vancouver, B.C, hosted by Squamish Nation language revitalization activist Dustin Rivers. Evan and I… Read more »
Children on “the Walk”
[vodpod id=Video.3749780&w=425&h=350&fv=] We thought we’d share another video of “the Walk”. In this video you’ll see 7 year-old Jackson playing along with us on “the Walk”. Though for this “Walk”,… Read more »
People First Radio Interview on the “Save Your Language” conference
From the People First Radio website: On saving traditional languages: Young activists are tackling the disappearance of traditional Aboriginal languages using a unique learning method May 27, 2010 “If our… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 30: Taking 3-D Holographic Notes
58 minutes and 17 seconds. [direct download] Willem and Joel (a veteran of a Portland WAYK workshop), with Peter and Sara listening, talk over Joel’s experiences that Chinuk Night. Then… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 29: Mother May I?
27 minutes and 2 seconds. [direct download] Willem interviews Peter and Sara about the games they led for the most recent Chinuk Wawa (Chinook Jargon) Night. We discover that yet… Read more »
“Save Your Language Conference” and WAYK on People First Radio
This Thursday, May 27th, during the noon hour (12pm-1pm), the folks at People First Radio will be interviewing Dustin Rivers (Squamish Nation language activist) and Willem Larsen (partner in WAYK)… Read more »
One week to go till registration deadline: “Save Your Language” conference, June 5th/6th in Vancouver, B.C.
http://saveyourlanguage.wordpress.com VANCOUVER, BC – Native languages are dying, but there is still hope. A recent report from the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council (First Peoples’ Council) revealed that… Read more »
Squamish Activist Plans Language Conference in Vancouver, B.C.
The upcoming “Save Your Language” conference is finally getting in the news. Check it out: Squamish Nation activist plans conference to save First Nations languages in B.C. By Stephen Hui… Read more »
Help “Where Are Your Keys?” Help the World
Thank you to everyone playing WAYK, and for getting the word out about the Fluency Revolution. Please keep it up – we’re making progress, but aren’t quite there yet. We’re… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 28: WAYK Eye on the Straight Guy
1 hour, 50 minutes, and 53 seconds. [direct download] Evan Gardner, Willem Larsen, Peter, and Joel interview each other on Chinuk Wawa Night (Chinook Jargon). Though this episode is almost… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 27: The Olympics of Language Acquisition
35 minutes and 54 seconds. [direct download] Evan Gardner and Willem Larsen discuss some of the central issues of WAYK, such as its use of sign language, as a “bridge… Read more »
“the Walk”: A Core WAYK Conversation
[vodpod id=Video.3646521&w=425&h=350&fv=] The WAYK method/mentoring language generates an ever-growing (and complexifying) collection of “Same Conversations”; reliable, familiar, and consistently repeating back-and-forth dialogues of language play. The “WAYK?” core conversation, the… Read more »
An Index of WAYK Videos, Podcasts, and more
WAYK player Jay Bazuzi has put together a handy index of almost everything we’ve produced for WAYK. Check it out: http://wayk.bazuzi.com
WAYK Podcast, Episode 26: “You’re Blowing My Mind!”
[direct download] Evan Gardner and Willem Larsen interview each other regarding a visit to Kent Siebold’s “Theories of Knowledge” class at Cleveland High School, in Portland, Oregon. 1. Technique “Too… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 25: “Dictionary Addiction”
[direct download] Evan and Willem meet Hunter, a new friend, at a coffee shop during a day of WAYK demonstrations for a local high school. They spend the lunch hour… Read more »
Deep Breaths. And a Long View.
I’d like to say I’ve gotten better at not panicking when I hear of a language struggling. While mostly true, I still have a reaction – it now just feels… Read more »