The Lakota Summer Institute (LSI), an expansion of last year's Lakota language professional development summer program will take place at Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates, North Dakota from June 2-20. Lakota and Dakota language teachers will have the opportunity to take up to two 3-credit courses to apply towards certification or degree requirements.
Classes will be held at the new Technology & Science Center, SBC’s newest high-tech classroom facility.
The Lakota Summer Institute’s three-credit course offerings will be:
- Introduction to Lakota Phonology & Grammar (3-Credit), Instructor: Michael Moore
- Intermediate Lakota Phonology & Grammar (3-Credit), Instructor: Jan Ullrich
- Lakota in the Classroom: Techniques & Management (3-Credit), Instructor: Prof. Bill Johnston
- Introduction to Lakota-Dakota Immersion (1-Credit), Instructor: Neil McKay (Week 2)
- New Lakota Dictionary Seminar: Etymology to Essays (1-Credit), Instructor: Jan Ullrich (Week 3).
LSI participation costs for the full 6-credit double session will be $500 ($300 Tuition + $200 Registration fee).
LSI Registration Deadline is APRIL 25th . Please Complete the REGISTRATION FORM and email or FAX to Sacheen Whitetail Cross, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Education Manager, tel. 701 854-7408, s.whitetail@gmail.com , fax. 701 854-2175 (Ask about hotel discount when registering.)
Limited Accommodations are available at Prairie Knights Casino and Lodge, 7932 Highway 24, Fort Yates, ND 58538, 1-800-425-8277.
Sample Course abstracts:
Introduction to Lakota Phonology & Grammar:A linguistic understanding of Lakota is essential to teaching the language knowledgably and being effective in the classroom. Proper teaching of Lakota is dependent on a firm foundation in the sound system and rules of a language. This course is the primary linguistic introduction to the Lakota language and is divided into two parts. The first part of the course focuses on the Lakota phonetic system– its sounds and writing system. The second part of the course focuses on the morphology (the internal structure of words) as well as the syntax (the rules that determine the way words combine) of Lakota.
Lakota in the Classroom: Techniques & ManagementThis course is an intensive overview of practical language education approaches geared to in-service teachers. This course highlights the four basic language teaching competencies: Organization of Learning, Classroom Interaction, Lesson planning, and classroom management. The course will also address the latest and most effective language teaching techniques currently in use around the world.
Instructor Bios:
Jan Ullrich an accomplished applied linguist and educator. He is a fluent speaker of Lakota, Linguistic Director and co-founder of LLC. Mr. Ullrich received his MS in Education and Linguistics from the University of Ostrava. His areas of specialization are Siouan linguistics, language pedagogy, and language revitalization. He has instructed Lakota language teachers since 2004 and is editor of the New Lakota Dictionary.
Bill Johnston is an Associate Professor of Second Language Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. He has an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Durham and a PhD in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Hawai’i. He specializes in language teaching methods, language teacher preparation, and materials development. For many years he has offered workshops for teachers of less commonly taught languages. He served as a consultant for a Dakota-language pre-school immersion program at the Upper Sioux Reservation in Minnesota.
Neil McKay “Čaŋtémaza” is Dakota Language Instructor at the University of Minnesota and at numerous other settings including Wicoie Nandagikendan Pre-School Language Immersion School in Minneapolis. He is an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Dakota reservation and a specialist in Immersion.
Michael Moore serves as chair and instructor in the division of Native American Studies at SBC where he teaches courses on Lakota culture and language. He holds a BA in Anthropology and History from the University of South Dakota, and is a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at Indiana University.
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