Lakȟótiya Woglaka Po! Speak Lakota! As 2008 draws to a close the Lakota Language Consortium introduces several new language products. Our publishing goal for the next year includes the development of the Level 3 Lakota Language Textbook, a much sought after Conversational Lakota Audio CD, and the first reprinting of our New Lakota-Dakota Dictionary, initially published in August 2008. Take a look at our new LLC Picture Book Companion Audio CD-Vol. 1 and the 2008-2009 Calendar available now.
The Level 3 Lakota Language Textbook is part of a series of materials, including audio CDs, designed to increase student vocabulary by 300 to 500 words, while addressing many new and important thematic units that are important to the Lakota culture—notably, addressing relatives, expressing emotions and participating in cultural events. The LLC received a generous grant from the Administration for Native Americans to fund 50% of the development of the Level 3, and Level 4, textbooks. The next step is to complete, publish and distribute the Level 3 textbook. An estimated 4,000 to 5,000 Lakota students will soon be ready for Level 3 instruction. Available to the public in August 2009.
Imagine plugging in a Conversational Language Audio CD on your way to work, school, or just anytime—you would Lakȟótiya Wóyaglake in no time! We’ve received a lot of positive responses about this CD that will come out in the summer of 2009.
Although we’ve written about the New Lakota Dictionary (NLD) recently it’s worth mentioning again because we’re planning on a first reprint--ASAP! Since we published the NLD in August 2008 we’ve sold or distributed for free approximately 2,500 volumes globally, about 1,600 of those going to various Lakota and Dakota people, schools and organizations. The 20,000-word Dictionary is an indispensable resource for both advanced language users as well as beginning students within the Lakota-Dakota speech community and beyond.
If you haven’t already, take a minute to check out our two picture books—now with a companion audio CD. The LLC Picture Book Companion Audio CD-Vol. 1 is the audio companion to two LLC Picture Books: Prairie Dog Goes to School and the Buffalo and the Boat. The prairie dog story is modeled after a classic Lakota tale and the story of the buffalo is an entertaining story. Both the picture books focus on helping children learn basic verbs, sentence structure as well as animals and numbers. The companion audio CD supports and engages students in the learning experience.
A picture says a thousand worlds. We keep a big box filled with rolled up Schoolroom Posters in our distribution room to meet the demand of students and teachers. These glossy posters are of high quality, very informative and beautifully done. The posters are an effective and fun way to learn and they reinforce the content in the language textbooks and CDs.
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