A Lakota Language Teacher Workshop will take place in Fort Yates, ND on the Standing Rock reservation, on Thursday, December 6, 2007. This one-day training is for Lakota teachers who want to improve their classroom management skills and learn new techniques for second-language instruction. The trainer, Bill Johnston is Associate Professor for Second Language Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. He specializes in training second-language teachers and has experience in Dakota language immersion.
The workshop will address four key areas: organization of learning, classroom interaction patterns, successful lesson planning, and identifying and addressing problems of classroom management. Linguistic Director, Jan Ulrich will also be available at the first hour of the workshop, which will be dedicated to a question-and-answer session as a follow-up to the summer 2007 workshop in Standing Rock. The workshop will take place 8:00-4:30 at the Standing Rock Tribal Building, in the second floor conference room.
Lodging is available at the casino hotels, including Prairie Nights Resort and Grand River Casino Hotel. For questions or to register please call Sacheen Whitetail-Cross at 701-854-7408. |
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