What I’ve Been Up To Since the WAYK Summer Internship
Here’s Mary Leighton’s update from the winter of 2017, six months after her summer with WAYK on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Thanks for the update, Mary! The summer internship seems… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Squamish
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 »
“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 »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 22: “My Abilities Have Skyrocketed”
59 minutes and 24 seconds. [direct download] 1. Technique “Backup“ Dustin brought Tiffany and her toddler son with him, two regulars from his Vancouver Squamish language night Squamish Valley is… Read more »
The Squamish Universal Speed Curriculum
The “Universal Speed Curriculum” is a way of transcribing the core WAYK conversation, designed to go up to “want/have/give/take” transactional conversation in the target language. We have several examples of… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 17: Sometimes, the magic happens…
49 minutes and 52 seconds. [direct download] We debrief Dustin’s fifth WAYK Squamish language conversation night, that he holds in Vancouver, B.C., with plans to start another in nearby Squamish… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 14: The 3rd Debrief of Squamish Language Night
48 minutes 47 seconds. [direct download here] If you regularly listen to our podcasts, you know by now how highly we value debriefs, and the tremendous insight and improvement that… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 12: Dustin Rivers’ 2nd Squamish Language Night
[direct download here] Evan Gardner and Willem Larsen interview Dustin Rivers, a Squamish Nation WAYK instructor, in the ongoing progress of establishing a community WAYK Squamish language night, and other… Read more »
Dustin brings Justin to “Want/Have/Give/Take” in Squamish
[vodpod id=Video.3312342&w=425&h=350&fv=] This video marks the end of the second session, where Dustin Rivers (Squamish Nation WAYK instructor) brings Justin Robinson (Chinook Nation WAYK instructor) all the way to the… Read more »
Dustin leads Justin’s second WAYK Squamish session
[vodpod id=Video.3312271&w=425&h=350&fv=] This marks the beginning of Justin Robinson’s (a Chinook Nation WAYK instructor, who runs WAYK games with us in Chinuk Wawa) second session of WAYK Squamish, as led… Read more »
WAYK Squamish #6: “Craig’s List: Mine/Yours”
[vodpod id=Video.3289634&w=425&h=350&fv=] Squamish Nation WAYK instructor Dustin, now begins adding more and more complex language structure into the game, taking Justin (Chinook Nation WAYK instructor) all the way to “Is… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 8: “the Language Hunter”
WAYK Podcast, Episode 8: “Hunting the Hunter”. 57 minutes and 35 seconds. [direct download here] In this episode, Evan and I debrief a session of WAYK Squamish language, where Dustin… Read more »
WAYK Squamish #5: “Craig’s List”, “No, not, don’t”
[vodpod id=Video.3289465&w=425&h=350&fv=] In this video Squamish nation WAYK instructor Dustin continues leading Chinook Nation WAYK instructor Justin in a game of Squamish language WAYK. Dustin has now begun to add… Read more »
WAYK Squamish #4: “Is that your…?”, “Start at the Beginning”, “Contract Sign”
[vodpod id=Video.3288955&w=425&h=350&fv=] In this video Squamish nation WAYK instructor Dustin continues leading Chinook Nation WAYK instructor Justin in a game of Squamish language WAYK. Dustin has now begun to add… Read more »
WAYK Squamish, Video #3: “Slow/Fast”, “Craig’s List: Positives”
[vodpod id=Video.3285762&w=425&h=350&fv=] In this video Squamish nation WAYK instructor Dustin continues leading Chinook Nation WAYK instructor Justin in a game of Squamish language WAYK. To accelerate the acquisition of fluency,… Read more »
WAYK Squamish, Video #2: “Pull me through it!”
[vodpod id=Video.3286281&w=425&h=350&fv=] In this video Squamish nation WAYK instructor Dustin continues leading Chinook Nation WAYK instructor Justin in a game of Squamish language WAYK. To accelerate the acquisition of fluency,… 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 6: Dustin Starts the Squamish Language Night
WAYK Podcast, Episode 6: Dustin Starts the Squamish Language Night. 52 minutes and 25 seconds. [direct download here] Dustin Rivers (@dustinrivers) talks about the first WAYK Squamish language night that… Read more »
Squamish Language and Holding a Regular Space for Conversation
As we’ve mentioned before, you take the first, most critical step in revitalizing a language (or achieving any goal) by holding a regular space for conversation. The first night of… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 1: the Squamish Language Team Orientation
WAYK Podcast Episode 1 “the Squamish Language Team” [direct download here] Squamish Nation member Dustin Rivers hosted us recently in Vancouver, B.C., where we helped him share the WAYK game… Read more »