Gamilaraay Language Teaching and Learning Workshop
Please note the change of date to 3 December 2011.
3 December 2011
A special canberra langfest 2011 event sponsored by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
in association with the ALAA-ALANZ and ALS conferences
This Language Workshop will:
• help you to speak a little Gamilaraay
• provide you with a set of Gamilaraay lessons
• demonstrate Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay resources (which will also be available for purchase)
• dicuss the process of rebuilding that has seen Gamilaraay increase dramatically in use over the last 15 years
• discuss issues around language rebuilding, particularly in SE Australia and otehr areas where a language has largely fallen out of use.
The Workshop will be of interest to:
• undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, teacher educators and researchers who are interested in exploring the possibilities for promoting the teaching
of Aboriginal languages• those involved in implementing initiatives within the new Australian Curriculum:
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/CrossCurriculumPriorities
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Search?q=Aboriginal+languages• policy makers who are involved in developing strategies and plans for promoting the teaching of Aboriginal languages
• members of Aboriginal communities who are interested in language teaching and language rebuilding
• anyone else interested in the practicalities of rebuilding Aboriginal languages
The workshop will not assume prior knowledge of Gamilaraay or linguistics.
The workshop will be led by John Giacon, who has worked on Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay since 1996 and is currently doing a PhD on these languages, and Suellyn Tighe, a Gamilaraay woman with long involvement in Aboriginal languages and a graduate of the Masters of Indigenous Language Education Program.
You may also like to learn more about Gamilaraay-Yuwaallaraay language work by visiting the yuwaalaraay.org website and following links there.
| Times and Venues |
2.00pm to 5.00pm Saturday 3 December and (where numbers are sufficient) 9.30am to 12.30pm Sunday 4 December |
Mabo Room |
| Applications | Please note that places will be limited to 30 participants. Please email your interest to language@aiatsis.gov.au to receive an application package. | |
| Closing Date | Friday 21 October 2011 | |
| Registration Cost | No charge for those registered for the ALAA-ALANZ and/or ALS conferences; $50 for all others. | |
| Organisers | Doug Marmion (AIATSIS) John Giacon (ANU) |
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| Contact | language@aiatsis.gov.au | |
