WAYK Podcast, Episode 34: Complexity of Play
47 minutes and 48 seconds. [direct download] Evan Gardner and Willem Larsen discuss (once again, while on the road to the June Vancouver, B.C. “Save Your Language” Conference”) issues of… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Techniques
WAYK Podcast, Episode 33: Please Return WAYK Players
22 minutes and 36 seconds. [direct download] Evan and Willem talk about the importance of returning, experienced WAYK players at workshops, while traveling to Vancouver, B.C., for the “Save Your… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 32: Killing Faeries
32 minutes and 14 seconds. [direct download] 1. Technique “Killing Faeries” Every time you ask for a translation, and receive it, you kill a faery. It’s not the end of… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 31: Tea with Grandma
45 minutes and 52 seconds. [direct download] 1. Technique “Tea with Grandma” 2. Technique “Same Conversation” Leanne Hinton’s work with the Master/Apprentice system. Hang out with your elder, as much… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 30: Taking 3-D Holographic Notes
58 minutes and 17 seconds. [direct download] Willem and Joel (a veteran of a Portland WAYK workshop), with Peter and Sara listening, talk over Joel’s experiences that Chinuk Night. Then… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 29: Mother May I?
27 minutes and 2 seconds. [direct download] Willem interviews Peter and Sara about the games they led for the most recent Chinuk Wawa (Chinook Jargon) Night. We discover that yet… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 28: WAYK Eye on the Straight Guy
1 hour, 50 minutes, and 53 seconds. [direct download] Evan Gardner, Willem Larsen, Peter, and Joel interview each other on Chinuk Wawa Night (Chinook Jargon). Though this episode is almost… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 27: The Olympics of Language Acquisition
35 minutes and 54 seconds. [direct download] Evan Gardner and Willem Larsen discuss some of the central issues of WAYK, such as its use of sign language, as a “bridge… Read more »
An Index of WAYK Videos, Podcasts, and more
WAYK player Jay Bazuzi has put together a handy index of almost everything we’ve produced for WAYK. Check it out: http://wayk.bazuzi.com
WAYK Podcast, Episode 24: “It becomes second nature”
[direct download] Evan Gardner interviews Justin Robinson, Mary Wydell (a steadily progressing new “speaker-teacher”), and others about the most recent Chinuk Wawa (Chinook Jargon) night. 1. Technique “Colors and Numbers”… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 23: Turning the Corner
1 hr, 45 minutes, and 30 seconds. [direct download] In this really long episode, almost two hours long, we debrief our Chinuk Wawa conversation night, and realize that we’re experiencing… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 21: We Are Family
1 hr, 1 minute and 46 seconds. [direct download] In this episode, Evan interviews Peter and Pulikli, two Chinuk Wawa WAYK game leaders. Listen in on how WAYK “curriculum” design… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 20: April’s San Francisco Workshop
1 hour, 15 minutes, and 51 seconds. [direct download] 1. Technique “Agile“ Why did we offer a WAYK workshop for IT professionals who belong to the Agile software development community?… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 19: Grandma takes the Linguist by his lapels
50 minutes and 56 seconds. [direct download here] 1. Technique “Where Are Your Keys?” What Evan means when he asks “Does she play WAYK?” 2. Technique “Fluent Fool“ Does Johann… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 18: The One-minute Language Hunt
49 minutes and 55 seconds. [direct download] How much language can you learn from a “fluent fool” in one minute? Evan Gardner and Willem Larsen discuss the value of even… 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 16: The Angel and the Devil
[direct download here] Evan, Willem, and new WAYK game leader Peter, sit down to talk about how the recent Chinuk Wawa conversation night went. This kind of “debrief” conversation plays… Read more »
WAYK Podcast, Episode 15: Honing Your Craft
WAYK Episode 15, “Honing Your Craft”. 29 minutes and 19 seconds. [direct download here] In this episode, Evan and Willem interview Ryan (a veteran of a 2 day WAYK workshop,… 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 13: The Art of Debriefs, the Power of Language Hunting
1 hr, 7 minutes, 6 seconds. [direct download here] [Note: This podcast isn’t designed to teach Chinuk Wawa. It is a demonstration of how to apply the WAYK method to… Read more »