FEL XII: Endangered Languages and Language Learning
24-27 September 2008
In association with the Fryske Akademy and
Mercator European Research Centre
Fryske Akademy, It Aljemint, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Editors:
Tjeerd de Graaf, Nicholas Ostler and Reinier Salverda
Index of Authors
Keynote 1
How Can Academic Institutions Help Support an Endangered Language? The Case of North Frisian - Alastair Walker
Section 1: Learning the Details
Gaps in Linguistic Analyses and Their Ramifications for Teaching Endangered Languages - Pamela Innes
Nivkh Syntax in Educational Perspective - Ekaterina Gruzdeva
How Majority Languages Influence Minority Languages: the Linguistic Mechanisms and some Consequences For Language Maintenance through Education - Eric Hoekstra and Bouke Slofstra
Attempting to Document and Revitalise Kormakiti Maronite Arabic - Chryso Hadjidemetriou
Section 2: Different Approaches in the Classroom
Developing New Yiddish Pedagogical Resources - Lily Okalani Kahn
Difficulties of Teaching Kurdish in a European University - Hashem Ahmadzadeh
Integrating Documentation and Formal Teaching of Kari’nja: Design and Use of Teaching materials based on documentary materials - Racquel-Maria Yamada
Endangered Languages and Japanese Language Education in Sakhalin - Yoshiyuki Asahi
Mother Tongue Classes at School in the context of Selkup, Ket and Evenki Communities - Olga Kazakevich
Keynote 2
Language Policies - Impact on Language Maintenance and Teaching. Focus on Malaysia, Singapore and The Philippines - Maya Khemlani David
Section 3: School Contexts I
Sociolinguistic Description of the Priuralskij County in the Yamal-Nenetskij Autonomous District - Roza Laptander
Learning of Minority Languages in Yunnan, China - Picus Sizhi Ding
Language Immersion in Endangered Pamiri Communities: Elicitation Strategies in Tutorial Work - Leila Dodykhudoeva and Vladimir Ivanov
Section 4 School Contexts II
The Presence (or Absence) in Education of Minority and Regional Languages in one European and one Asian Context - Paolo Coluzzi
Gaelic Language Erosion and Revitalisation on the Isle of Skye, Scotland - Dick Smakman and Cassandra Smith-Christmas
Bilingualism, Language Teaching, Language Transmission and Language Endangerment: The Case of Amazigh in Morocco - Yamina El Kirat Ell Allame
Language Policy, Endangered Language Research and Teaching: Experience in the Russian Federation - Ljubov Radnaeva
Section 5: Innovative Methods
How Information and Communication Technology can Help Language Preservation and Education - Hindrik Sijens
Mother Tongue, Language of Immersion. What Can the School Do to Revitalize Minorized Languages? - Itziar Idiazabal and Estibaliz Amorrortu
Teaching Materials on Language Endangerment: An Interactive E-learning Module on the Internet - Cecilia Odé
Preserving Endangered Languages of Local Speech Variants in Kamchatka - Erich Kasten
Motivating Young People to Learn Endangered Languages - Julia Sallabank
Winter Schools of the Latgalian Language and Culture in Achinsk Pedagogical College (Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia) - Eta Nikolaeva and Solveta Logina
Keynote 3
European Minority Languages: Endangered or Revived? - Durk Gorter
Language Documentation and Pedagogy: Seeking Outcomes and Accountability - David Nathan and Meili Fang
Section 6: Multilingualism & Diaspora
Where There is no Teacher: Language Instruction in Diaspora - Marit Vamarasi
Teaching in Multilingual Areas with a Minority Language Guidelines for a European Training Model - Olimpia Rasom
The Learning of Endangered Mother Tongue Languages of Minority, Immigrant Communities in Multilingual Contexts: the Case of Malayalam in Malaysia - Mohana Nambiar and Subramaniam Govindasamy
Section 7: Policy Overview
Some Remarks on the Implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in the Netherlands - Piet Hemminga
Threats to Language Immersion in Endangered Language Communities: the Case of Navarre - Iulen Urbiola
Endangered Aboriginal Languages in Canada: Trends, Patterns and Prospects in Language Learning - Mary Jane Norris and Marianne Snider
UNESCO and Endangered Languages - Vincent Wintermans
Mercator: Creating a Future for Languages - Cor van der Meer and Alex Riemersma