Call for WAYK Summer 2016 Interns!
This summer, we are very lucky to again be able to offer three WAYK internship opportunities. These positions are sponsored by our host community (Atka, Alaska) in partnership with APIA… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Language Revitalization
Report from the Road: Port Graham (Spring 2015)
The WAYK team made our first trip to Port Graham, Alaska in May of 2015. During a five-day workshop we introduced Port Graham’s Sugt’stun speakers, learners, and teachers to Where… Read more »
Report from the Road: Alaska Native Heritage Center
The WAYK team returned to the Alaska Native Heritage Center in late April for a week-long workshop. The ANHC has hosted WAYK on several occasions over the past four years,… Read more »
Pedagogy Rusticatio with WAYK
We are pleased to share a gorgeous new video by Sky Hopinka, WAYK team member and a truly stellar filmmaker. Sky’s film is about how classroom teachers can strengthen one… Read more »
It Takes Two to Tango
(by WAYK intern Cedar Edwards) I had an epiphany yesterday. This Saturday, Sky and I are flying to China to help an NGO in Beijing run a summer WAYK training… Read more »
Squamish Language Revitalization
About a year ago we partnered with Dustin Rivers, to train him and his community in WAYK and support the revitalization of the Squamish Language. Squamish Nation is located in… Read more »
Learning a Language vs. Creating a Language Community
There are a lot of people doing good work in language education; and you can find many talented language learners and polyglots. There are countless resources to learn a… Read more »
Language Hunting in Latin
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/15491950] In this video you’ll see footage of the September 2010 Latin WAYK Weekend Workshop at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, WY. Towards the end of the weekend at… Read more »
Can WAYK Revitalize Latin Too?
This September 23, 24, and 25, Evan Gardner and Willem Larsen will be holding a WAYK workshop at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming. Believe it or not, Latin still… 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 »
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 »
“Save Your Language” WAYK conference in Vancouver B.C., June 5th and 6th
Evan Gardner and Willem Larsen will be traveling to Vancouver, B.C., this June 5th and 6th, for a WAYK language revitalization training weekend amongst a diverse community of B.C. First… Read more »
Revitalizing Language With Young Children
[vodpod id=Video.3385353&w=425&h=350&fv=] What does it take to involve young children in the community-wide game of WAYK language revitalization? Well, it can be as simple as allowing them to watch the… Read more »
WAYK Squamish language: “What’s that?”
[vodpod id=Video.3278615&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about “WAYK Squamish language: “What’s that?””, posted with vodpod Squamish language is a very endangered indigenous language, native to Vancouver, B.C., with about only 10 fluent… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 5: Revitalizing Chinuk Wawa, Part 2
WAYK Podcast, Episode 5: Revitalizing Chinuk Wawa, Part 2. 32 minutes and 18 seconds. [direct download] [Note: Chinuk Wawa is a very endangered indigenous language native to the Pacific Northwest…. Read more »
WAYK game in Sḵwxwú7mesh snichim (Squamish Language)
[vodpod id=Video.3217710&w=425&h=350&fv=] I’ve made a short video excerpt of the game night footage I took at Dustin Rivers’ March 10th language team orientation. We’ve been working with Dustin to train… Read more »
The WAYK/Squamish Language Team Project
Evan Gardner and I recently returned to Portland, OR after being hosted in Vancouver, B.C. for three nights by Dustin Rivers, a Squamish Nation member, traditional artist, and community organizer… Read more »
Revitalizing an Endangered Language in 8 weeks
Language revitalization doesn’t happen once; it signifies a necessary and continual process throughout the life of a language. Revitalization happens every time a new person learns the language, every time… Read more »
Turning Around the Destiny of an Endangered Language
We now live in a time where, in the next 5-10 years, we will see a massive die-off of language diversity as globalization and modern forces have their final… Read more »
Languages Are Dying, Right Now; Yet Still We Hope
In the past month, two critical members of the Hupacasath First Nation died; they numbered among the last who spoke the language native to Vancouver island fluently from childhood. Hupacasath… Read more »