What Makes You Full?
The “What makes you full?” activity is invaluable for a group that will be working closely for a period of time. Past intern Robyn introduced it to Evan and Susanna,… Read more »
Posts Tagged: St. Paul Island
The Ultimate Turkish Hunting Kit
The challenge of designing the ultimate Turkish hunting kit has captured the obsessive part of my brain for the last week. What is a “hunting kit,” you ask? It’s a… Read more »
Hiking Trip & Interview with Marjorie
When I first learned about Where Are Your Keys, and that they offer summer internships in Unangax̂ Territory, I was really excited. I am an Unangax̂ that grew up away from… Read more »
The Best Part of Myles’ Summer 2017
My favorite part of the WAYK Summer Language Intensive on St. Paul Island has been getting to witness an amazing team of young people who are taking language revitalization into… Read more »
Mary’s Favorite Thing from the 2017 Summer Language Intensive
My favorite thing from the 2017 Summer Language Intensive on St. Paul Island was becoming more comfortable learning and teaching language in immersion, by which I mean staying in the… Read more »
The Unangam Tunuu Speaking Listening Teaching Team
I would like to give a shout out to the Unangam Tunuu Speaking Listening Teaching Team (UTSLT) on St. Paul Island. 2017 was WAYK’s third year partnering with the Aleut… Read more »
What it’s like to spend the summer with WAYK
One way to describe a summer with WAYK is that it provides the on-the-ground work experience that should be part of any training in language revitalization and documentation. In this… Read more »
What it is Like To Be an Intern For WAYK
With any intensive experience, there will be moments that really appeal to you and others that probably appeal to you less so. As a reflection of my time here this… Read more »
What it’s like to be a WAYK summer intern
I joined WAYK for the 2017 Summer Language Intensive on St. Paul Island, Alaska, because I wanted to learn more about the techniques involved and to learn more about approaches… Read more »
WAYK Workshop versus Summer Language Intensive
I first met Evan and Susanna at a handful of WAYK workshops, which were each about two to five days long: three workshops at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in… Read more »
Technique: Angel
Learning a language is exciting, but it can also be scary. I get nervous when I stumble over new sounds, hoping no one nearby noticed. My cheeks feel hot every… Read more »
5 Group Immersion Activities
Before I arrived at the St. Paul Unangam Tunuu Summer Language Intensive, I wondered what we would do on a typical day. I knew that there would be no teacher… Read more »
Relaxing in Immersion
Picture this: I grab a beautiful blue egg shell, a white feather, and two model birds, and join my group at a table in the back room for immersion time…. Read more »
Master Teachers and Techniques
Have you ever watched a master teacher at work? As a student teacher walking into a master teacher’s classroom for the first time, it is easy to have the misconception… Read more »
TQ: Full Sentences
2017 WAYK intern Mary Leighton explains Technique: Full Sentences, a simple trick for getting more language out of your immersion sessions.
A Day in the Life of a WAYK Team Member
I don’t know if it’s possible to share an “average” day, but here is a sample day as a WAYK Team Member, based on Thursday June 30, 2017, in St…. Read more »
Fairy Killing or Linguistics Terminology?
As part of the Summer Language Intensive we took part in an excellent training in archiving practices (see Rachel Sprouse and Talia London’s blogs for more info). During this training,… Read more »
Mind Meadows
“Mind meadows” are an adaptation of Technique: Meadow brought to us by Justin Slocum-Bailey of Indwelling Language. “Imagine you’re on an island,” our leader starts. The room fills with smiles… Read more »
Birds of St. Paul Island
This year the WAYK Summer Language Intensive is taking place on St. Paul Island, Alaska (Tanax̂ Amix̂ in Unangam Tunuu), nicknamed the “Galapagos of the North”, a name true to… Read more »
Learning a Language While “Low on Spoons”
If you read many of the WAYK blog posts, you may notice that language learning is a dynamic process that includes dozens of learning techniques, process tools, and juggling short-term… Read more »