From nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk Tue Jun 29 06:41:19 1999 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id GAA09232 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 06:41:18 -0700 Received: from finch-post-12.mail.demon.net (finch-post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.06) with ESMTP id GAA07924 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 06:41:17 -0700 Received: from chibcha.demon.co.uk ([158.152.51.25]) by finch-post-12.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10yy7e-00089N-0C; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:40:26 +0000 X-Sender: chibcha@pop3.demon.co.uk Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="macintosh" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:39:46 +0100 To: Recipient List Suppressed:; From: Nicholas Ostler Subject: Endangered Languages & Education 17-19 Sept - Invitation to Register Cc: Christopher Moseley INVITATION TO REGISTER Come to St Patrick's College in Maynooth, 15 miles/24 km from Dublin, a great centre of learning on the Irish language (founded in 1795), and close to many famous sites in its past and present. The conference welcomes all who are concerned about the role of schools in the future of smaller languages. It will provide a forum for researchers and activists working for the maintenance of indigenous languages that face an uncertain future. There is a discount of £15.00 (fifteen pounds sterling) for registrations made before 18 July 1999. Early booking is also recommended to get one of the places on our visit to Gaelscoileanna (Irish language schools) in the area. Information on transportation from Dublin to Maynooth (by bus or train) will be sent to all those who register in advance. There are concessionary rates for conference speakers, students, unwaged, and residents of countries with lower per-capita GNP. There will be a preliminary volume of proceedings distributed at the Conference. CONFERENCE SCOPE AND AIMS It will be a particular feature of our conference to bring the concerns of "ethno-education", where education mediates between cultures that have been separate, into contrast with those of "bi-lingual education", where there has been traditional co-existence, but the smaller language may be losing out. One fundamental tension is that while organized education may be a threat to traditional culture and language (bringing foreign elements to the explicit attention of pupils), people once educated are more likely to resist unwanted intrusions from outsiders, and build confidence in their own traditions. - So how can education programmes be formulated with clear reference to, and respect for, local culture? - Who will be the teachers in such programmes, and how can they be trained? - In setting up such programmes, is there a useful role for international organizations (as FEL) to help in negotations with local administrations or national governments, and indeed international programmes? In some communities, particularly in Europe, there is no such conflict between prevailing models of education and the traditions of the language community. Nevertheless, there has always been controversy on the roles of the standard language and the mother tongue. - Ethically and empirically, what is the right balance between option and compulsion in the curriculum? - How does the role for minority languages (indigenous and non-indigenous) bear on the balance between mother-tongue and foreign-language instruction? FEL conferences, besides being opportunities to discuss the issues from a global viewpoint, are working meetings of the Foundation, defining our overall policy for future years. Participants at the conference therefore need to be members of the Foundation. There are full facilities to join on arrival, as there are to register, but all are strongly urged to join as soon as possible, and so take full part in the FoundationÕs activities in the lead-up to the conference. All presentations will be accessible in English, but use of the languages of interest, for quotation or exemplification, may well be appropriate. Organizers: Nicholas Ostler, Christopher Moseley Foundation for Endangered Languages, England; Kim McCone National University of Ireland, Maynooth Programme Committee: Akira Yamamoto, Mahendra Verma, Andrew Woodfield, Tony Woodbury, Tasaku Tsunoda, Jane Simpson, Mari Rhydwen, Jon Reyhner, Nicholas Ostler, Donncha O'Croin’n, David Nash, Chris Moseley, Kim McCone, Tony McEnery, Kenneth Mackinnon, Karen Johnson-Weiner, Margaret Allen. Programme Friday 17 September a.m. Visits to local Gaelscoileanna (Irish language schools) p.m Lunch in University Restaurant Session 1. Endangered Languages and Education Conference Opening & Welcome - CŽad M’le F‡ilte Keynote Address David Bradley Language Maintenance for endangered languages of central Yunnan, China Session 2. Finding a policy Alesia Maltz, Dean Fox To Set Tongues Wagging Again. Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara (N. Dakota, USA) Karen M Johnson-Weiner Educating in English to Maintain German - Amish R. McKenna Brown Mayan Language Revitalization in Guatemala Session 3. Looking at the learners Rachel Hoare The Breton language in education in Brittany: the passive and active expression of attitudes. Winifred Crombie, Tamati Reedy Language Proficiency Testing of Children in MŠori Language Education Dinner in St PatrickÕs College Dining Room (Pugin Hall) Film, video show Saturday 18 September a.m. Session 4. Working with non-written languages Blair A. Rudes You Can't Say That in Tuscarora: Obstacles to Literacy in an Oral Language A. McEnery, M. Lie A Corpus of Spoken UK Sylheti & P. Baker Session 5. Ways and means Diane Johnson, The whaka piki reo programme: in-service provision for teachers of MŠori and through MŠori Ani Rolleston Bojan Petek Challenges and opportunities for Slovenian language in the globalized educational arena Lunch in University Restaurant p.m. AGM. FEL Annual General Meeting and elections Session 6. Role of standard dialects Agurtzane Elordui Disruption of language transmission among Basque dialects Vladimir Tourovski On the use of computers for preserving endangered languages Session 7. Open Forum with shorter, more informal, presentations by attendees of other work in Education. Visit to Rath Cairn Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking community) This Irish-speaking enclave is an hourÕs drive from the conference site in Maynooth. After a short walk in the country, we shall have the opportunity to see a video (in Irish with English subtitles) recounting the political struggle to found this Gaeltacht in 1935-7, to have dinner in the R‡th Cairn Community Centre, and to spend the rest of the evening enjoying sean-n—s (old-style) music and dancing in the attached teach tabhairne (pub). Locals will be on hand to share experiences in this community where education in the traditional language now makes up a significant part of the local economy. Sunday 19 September a.m. Session 8. Impact and future prospects Kathleen Tacelosky Bilingual Education and Language Use among the Shipibo of the Peruvian Amazon Sheila M. Shannon The role of All-Irish schools in the revival of the Irish language Jeanette King Lessons from the Maori schooling experience - thirteen years of Maori immersion schools Session 9. General discussion and close Lunch in University Restaurant p.m. Outing to two local sites of global interest: Tara, the pre-Christian seat of Irish kings, where St Patrick used the shamrock to illustrate a sermon on the Trinity, and Daniel O'Connell addressed a crowd of 750,000 yearning for Irish independence; and Trim, with a magnificent Norman fortress once humbled by King John, home at different times to Jonathan Swift and the Duke of Wellington ("no more an Irishman through being born in Ireland than he would have been a horse if born in a stable"), and seen most recently as the stand-in for York in Mel GibsonÕs "Braveheart". ***** FORM BEGINS HERE ******************************************************* REGISTRATION: FEL III - Endangered Languages & Education: Maynooth 17-19 Sept. 1999 Name Address for Correspondence Phone number E-mail Fax number Do you wish to present a video at the conference (5-20 minutes)? YES/NO If so: What format? PAL/NTSC VHS/Betamax/other (please specify) What would be your title? Do you wish to present anything to children at the Gaelscoileanna (5 mins max.)? YES(5/11-year-olds) -- YES(11/18-year-olds) -- NO What would be your title? If you are not listed above as a speaker: Would you wish to speak in the Open Forum (5-10 minutes)? YES/NO If so, what would be your title? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKING OPTIONS: [All prices in pounds sterling - UK currency] [Please choose Option 1, 2, or 3 from the list of packages below, together with your required set of extras.] All options include conference, delegate pack, proceedings volume, dinner on Friday, lunches & tea and coffee throughout. For residents (options 1 and 2), they also include 2 nights' bed & breakfast (nights of 17 and 18 Sept). You may pay the Concessionary prices (please mark as appropriate) if you are: [ ] a speaker (as listed above), [ ] a full-time student, or otherwise unwaged, [ ] a resident of a country OUTSIDE the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Israel, Saudi Arabia or Gulf States, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland or the European Union. [Please send proof of unwaged (e.g. student) status.] Basic Packages Regular Concessionary 1. Single Room, with separate shared bathroom £125.00 [ ] £100.00 [ ] 2. Double Room, with private bathroom £155.00 [ ] £120.00 [ ] 3. Non-resident £ 85.00 [ ] £ 65.00 [ ] Extras: A. Rath Cairn Gaeltacht + dinner, music, dance £ 25.00 [ ] £ 20.00 [ ] B. Gaelscoileanna: Irish language schools £ 7.50 [ ] £ 5.00 [ ] C. Tara and Trim: local antiquities £ 12.50 [ ] £ 9.00 [ ] D. Extra night in single (16 Sept.) + breakfast £ 20.00 [ ] £ 17.00 [ ] E. Extra night in single (19 Sept.) + breakfast £ 20.00 [ ] £ 17.00 [ ] F. Extra night in double (16 Sept.) + breakfast £ 35.00 [ ] £ 27.00 [ ] G. Extra night in double (19 Sept.) + breakfast £ 35.00 [ ] £ 27.00 [ ] Note. We will try as far as possible to accommodate any special requirements you may have. Please send details as early as possible about the following: special dietary requirements, partial attendance at the conference, or accommodation for more than 4 nights etc. [For non-members] Regular Concessionary Subscription fee as a member of the Foundation: £ 20.00 [ ] £ 10.00 [ ] (This concessionary membership rate is not available for speakers at the conference, unless they qualify under one of the other entitlements.) [ ] Deducting 15 pounds (if paying before 18 July, 1999) Further note: We have endeavoured to keep costs to an absolute minimum, to maximize access. However, any surplus in the fund which is paying for this will go to support our work in documentation and promotion of endangered languages. If you can, please add a donation (10%, say?), marking the item below. Optional donation [ pounds] Please write the total amount of your payment [ pounds] UK currency FEL III Endangered Languages & Education: Maynooth 17-19 Sept. 1999 Methods of Payment ------------------------------- [ ] 1. Cheques drawn on UK banks (in pounds sterling) should be made payable to: Foundation for Endangered Languages [ ] 2. For cheques in other currencies please add 15% to cover bank charges. [ ] 3. The appropriate amount may be transferred directly to: Foundation for Endangered Languages Account 50073456. Sort Code 08-90-02. Co-operative Bank,16 St.Stephen Street, Bristol, BS1 1JR, England [ ] 4. To pay by by Credit Card [VISA/MasterCard] please complete the following Name as on C/card .... Address as on C/Card. ................................................................. ................................................................. ................................................................. Credit Card Number ................................................................. C/Card Date of Expiry ................................................................. Please register me for the conference, with options as above. Please debit my credit card if payment method 4 is selected above. Signature Date Cancellations policy: Cancellations made up to 18 July 1999 will be repaid in full. Thereafter there will be a cancellation fee of 50 pounds, but a copy of the proceedings will be sent to cancellers. Please inform us before 13 September 1999 if you cannot attend: otherwise we shall be unable to give any refund. Non-resident registration will certainly be possible on the day, but availability of accommodation and places on the extra activities cannot then be guaranteed. Please return this form with your payment to: Christopher Moseley FEL Treasurer 2 Wanbourne Lane Nettlebed Oxfordshire RG9 5AH England e-mail: Chris_Moseley@mon.bbc.co.uk fax: 01491-641922 or +44-1491-641922 .