2011 Summer Intensive: Numu Language Revitalization

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon For eight weeks of intensive facilitation and Numu language learning, seven high-school students began the journey toward fluency and community language leadership.

2011 Rusticatio Virginiana

Claymont Court Charles Town , WV, United States

One week of "Where Are Your Keys?" and Latin immersion.

Kalispel WAYK Demonstration

Kalispel Reservation, Montana JR Bluff hosts a WAYK demonstration for his adult language teacher training.

Salish Social

Flathead, Montana April Charlo invites the WAYK team to her home community on the Flathead Reservation to share her knowledge and experience gained from her summer WAYK internship.

Language is Life Gathering

Sausalito, California Five experienced WAYK players—Evan Gardner, Dustin Rivers, April Charlo, Sky Hopinka, and David Edwards‐come together for a language rocket ride to fluency.

Stanford SPLASH! Seminar

Stanford University Palo Alto, CA, United States

Stanford SPLASH! is a "program that brings high and middle school students from everywhere to Stanford’s campus for a two-day learning extravaganza. Classes are taught by Stanford undergraduates, graduate students, and other community members." Amongst tons of other very cool classes and workshops taught by Stanford affiliates, David Edwards will be leading two "Where Are... Read more »

Stanford Workshop

Stanford University Palo Alto, CA, United States

The Stanford languages club, assisted by Evan Gardner, leads a two-day workshop at Stanford University, training attendees in WAYK accelerated acquisition techniques and demonstrating how the method can be used to revitalize endangered languages.  

ACTFL Annual Convention

Denver, Colorado Evan Gardner and Nancy Llewellyn demonstrate how to use the American Council for Teaching Foreign Languages oral proficiency test on an endangered spoken language—Latin.

Salish and Kootenai Workshop

Flathead, Montana Evan returns to Flathead for a week long community training ending with a 2 day Salish and Kootenai workshop. Events include; Presenting to the Salish Kootenai College Board, Department of Lands Salish Class, Salish class for Charkoosta news staff, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Education Department Language Program Community Update, Meeting with Humanities... Read more »