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WAYK 2017 Summer Language Intensive
This summer the WAYK team, including at least 3 WAYK interns, and members of the regional Unangam Tunuu core team will travel to St. Paul Island to work with a team of local speakers and youths, organized by Aquilina Lestenkof and Anna Melovidov. The primary goals of the Summer Intensive (May 28th-August 20th) will be increased fluency for all program participants, enhanced teaching and facilitation skills, and the continued development and expansion of the existing Unangam Tunuu curriculum. All participants will be…
Find out more »Anchorage Spring Visit
In partnership with APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) and with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to Anchorage for 10 days of sessions in May 2017. We will continue to work with the Niiĝuĝim Tunuu and Qawalangim Tunuu language teams based in Anchorage and Wasilla. As always, our goal is to work with small groups of learners and speakers of both dialects of Unangam Tunuu in short sessions (1-2 hours), in an effort to refine and share existing lessons and curriculum, develop skills…
Find out more »Atka Spring Visit
In partnership with APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) and the Atka IRA, and with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to Atka for 10 days of sessions in May. During this visit, the WAYK team will provide additional training and support for members of the local core team who attended previous WAYK workshops and participated in our 2016 Summer Intensive. WAYK will continue to support these core team members as they implement language curriculum in the local school. We will also continue to…
Find out more »Kodiak Spring Visit
The WAYK team will visit with the Alutiiq language team in Koidak, Alaska to support them in the first year of their ANA Native Language Community Coordination Project. We are excited to check in with the team as they embark on this five-year project and work to develop a new Alutiiq Language Nest for pre-school aged children in addition to reviewing and strengthening existing curriculum to support elementary, middle school, high school, and college Alutiiq learners.
Find out more »St. Paul Island Spring Visit
In partnership with Aleut Community of St. Paul Island (ACSPI, supported by ANEP) and the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA, supported by ANA) the WAYK team returns to St. Paul Island for 10 days in March. During this spring visit, the WAYK team will continue to provide training and support for members of the local core team who have worked with WAYK during many visits, including the 2015 Summer Language Intensive and St. Paul’s independent 2016 Summer Language Intensive. Part of this visit will be preparation for the 2017 Summer…
Find out more »5th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC 5)
The 5th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), “Vital Voices: Linking Language & Wellbeing,” will be held March 2-5, 2017, at the Hawaiʻi Imin International Conference Center on the campus of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The 5th ICLDC is hosted by the Department of Linguistics and the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The theme of the 5th ICLDC is “Vital Voices: Linking Language & Wellbeing.” Wellbeing is a state of…
Find out more »Songhees Nation Introductory Workshop
The WAYK team will visit with Songhees First Nation to provide a 6-day introductory workshop for their Lekwungen Language team. The workshop will be conducted over two weekends (Friday-Sunday) in early February. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend all six days of the workshop. February 3-5, 2017 February 10-12, 2017
Find out more »Tsleil-Waututh Nation Winter Visit
The WAYK team travels to Tsleil-Waututh Nation in North Vancouver, BC for 7 weeks to partner with the TWN language department in their work with the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language.
Find out more »Atka Fall Visit
As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) enters the second year of their three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to Atka for 10 days of sessions in December. During this visit, the WAYK team will provide additional training and support for members of the local core team who attended previous WAYK workshops and participated in our 2016 Summer Intensive. WAYK will work with these core team members as they implement language curriculum in the local school. We will also continue…
Find out more »APIA Anchorage Fall Visit, Week 2
As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) enters the second year of their three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to Anchorage for two weeks of sessions in the Fall of 2016. Week 1: October 10 - October 14, 2016 Week 2: December 5 - December 9, 2016 During both of these visits, The WAYK team will continue to work with the Niiĝuĝim Tunuu and Qawalangim Tunuu language teams based in Anchorage and Wasilla. As always,…
Find out more »Alaska Native Heritage Center Follow Up Training
WAYK returns to the Alaska Native Heritage Center for a follow up training with their Yup’ik and Iñupiaq teaching teams. In preparation for this training, the WAYK team has visited classes to determine what elements of WAYK will be most helpful for teachers in the final year of their grant. This training will focus on incorporating WAYK Techniques into the other language teaching methods the instructors have received training in (Total Physical Response and Accelerated Second Language Acqusition). Additionally the WAYK team will…
Find out more »Kodiak Fall Visit
The WAYK team will visit with the Alutiiq language team in Koidak, Alaska and attend the Alutiiq Language Summit on November 17th and 18th, and the Alutiiq Nation Festival on November 18th.
Find out more »St. Paul Island Fall Visit
As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) enters the second year of their three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to St. Paul Island for 10 days of sessions in October. During this visit, the WAYK team will provide additional training and support for members of the local core team who attended previous WAYK workshops and participated in our 2015 Summer Language Intensive and St. Paul's independent 2016 Summer Language Intensive. We will work with small groups of learners and speakers of…
Find out more »APIA Anchorage Fall Visit, Week 1
As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) enters the second year of their three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to Anchorage for two weeks of sessions in the Fall of 2016. Week 1: October 10 - October 14, 2016 Week 2: December 5 - December 9, 2016 During both of these visits, The WAYK team will continue to work with the Niiĝuĝim Tunuu and Qawalangim Tunuu language teams based in Anchorage and Wasilla. As always,…
Find out more »WAYK 2016 Summer Language Intensive
This summer five WAYK players, including 3 WAYK interns, and members of the regional Unangam Tunuu core team will travel to Atka to work with a team of local speakers and youths, organized by Crystal Dushkin. The primary goal of the Summer Intensive (May 30th-August 15th) will be increased fluency for all program participants, through regular and frequent immersion visits with fluent speakers. Additionally, all participants will be trained in the fundamentals of WAYK, and will help to develop and document…
Find out more »APIA Workshop: Anchorage Spring 2016
As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) partners with Where Are Your Keys? on a new three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to Anchorage for our Spring 2016 visit. APIA will offer an initial introductory workshop on April 9th and 10th from 9:00 am-4:00 pm. This is a great opportunity for anyone in the Anchorage Unangax̂ community to get involved with APIA's language initiative. If you’re new to WAYK, this workshop will provide a…
Find out more »St. Paul Island Spring Visit
Where Are Your Keys? returns to St. Paul Island for the month of March in partnership with the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association and the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island. Both organizations are working on new three-year language initiatives. During this visit, the WAYK team will provide additional training and support for members of the local core team who attended previous WAYK workshops and participated in our 2015 Summer Language Intensive. We will work with small groups of learners and speakers of Unangam Tunuu, in an effort to refine…
Find out more »Master-Apprentice Team Training in Port Graham, Alaska
As a follow up to our two-week Master-Apprentice Team training in October, the WAYK team returns to Port Graham for two weeks of further training in February to support the local Sugt'stun team. The WAYK team will continue to support Master-Apprentice teams in their regular language visits and immersion sessions, in addition to working on the development of lessons to enhance their adult language curriculum and classes.
Find out more »Alaska Native Heritage Center Follow Up Training
WAYK returns to the Alaska Native Heritage Center for a follow up training with their Yup’ik and Inupiaq teaching teams. This training will focus on using WAYK Techniques in the classroom as well as designing lesson plans that incorporate WAYK activities (buckets, walks, games) and lead up to a milestone conversation (an introduction, a song, a story, etc.). The WAYK team will answer questions from the teaching teams about their experiences utilizing WAYK in their classrooms so far.
Find out more »Upper Tanana/Tanacross Small Group Immersion Training
In partnership with the Doyon Foundation, WAYK returns to the Fairbanks region to keep working with some of the many Athabascan languages in the interior. This four-week visit focuses on continued training for participants of past workshops, especially small group immersion sessions. Following a three-week visit to Fairbanks to work with Gwich'in and Lower Tanana speakers and learners, the WAYK team will head to Northway to work with the Upper Tanana and Tanacross languages. The WAYK team will present an introductory workshop to the local team there,…
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