The Lakota Language Consortium will be providing two FREE teacher-training opportunities for teachers of the Lakota language and other interested educators. The 2-day trainings will focus on successful techniques for language teaching and the proper use of Lakota Language textbooks and teaching materials. Please register by sending an email to: training@lakhota.org with your contact information and desired training venue. You will receive a confirmation email.
Training #2 Pine Ridge and Rosebud
Date: Thursday, November 16th and Friday, November 17th
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Red Cloud School, Etan Hall Conference Room, Pine Ridge, SD
Lodging in Rushville, NE
Antlers Motel - 0.2 miles S - (308) 327-2929
Nebraskaland Motel - 0.3 miles E - 508 E 2nd St - (308) 327-2487
Antlers Motel - 0.4 miles E - 607 E 2nd St - (308) 327-2444
Lodging in Martin, SD:
Candlelight Inn - 0.1 miles NW - 404 Main St - (605) 685-6156
Lakota Travel Lodge - 0.1 miles E - E Highway 18 - (605) 685-6543
Best Value Cross Roads Inn - 0.1 miles E - Highway 18 & 73 - (605) 685-1070
LAKOTA LANGUAGE TEACHER-TRAINING
This two-day teacher training in-service is designed for Lakota language teachers using the LLC curriculum materials. It is intended to familiarize teachers with the Level 1and Level 2 textbooks, the teacher manuals, and with teaching techniques that work effectively in concert with the curriculum materials.
Teaching any language well, including Lakota, is dependent on a firm foundation in methods, linguistics, and classroom competencies. This course is the primary introduction to skills basic to teaching Lakota effectively in the classroom and is divided into four parts: Teaching Methods; Lakota phonology and morphology; Lakota Grammar and Structure; and language classroom environmentals.
As an intensive overview, this course begins by preparing teachers in the latest and most effective language teaching techniques currently in use around the world. Special emphasis will be on methods that work for teaching the four basic language competencies: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Teachers will also learn how to motivate students and young learners and how to structure language classes to keep students' attention.
Instructor: Jan Ullrich, MA, Linguistic Director LLC, Curriculum developer and certified Second-language teacher trainer
Preliminary Training Schedule
Day 1 Topics: Language Teaching Techniques:
· Successfully teaching vocabulary and sentence structure at all grade levels.
· Making Lakota language classes enjoyable for students.
· Imitating natural language acquisition processes in the classroom.
· Motivating language learning in children.
· Meeting the needs of different types of students.
· “Who should talk during language classes – the teacher or the students?”
· Demonstrating classroom activities.
· Creating an environment suitable for teaching and learning a language.
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