List of Workshops (Tentative)
Below is a tentative list of workshops planned for CoLang 2024, along with their basic descriptions. Check back for updates as we add to these descriptions.
Basics
Intro to linguistics: essential concepts of linguistic description and analysis
Orthography: collaboratively designing a writing system
Lexicography: principles and methods of dictionary creation and intro to software for making a dictionary
Transcription: theory, methods, and practice of transcribing recorded data
Grant writing: from idea to concrete proposal; preplanning and writing
Technology
Audio: basic and advanced techniques in audio recording and processing
Video: basic and advanced techniques in video recording and processing
FLEx: use of FLEx software for lexicography and text analysis
ELAN: use of ELAN software for audio-visual annotation
Data management and archiving: managing data through metadata, workflow, processing, corpus creation and mobilization; intro to current software
Principles of database design: design and use of a database management system
Community Language Work
Language reclamation: language revitalization and decolonization; broadening native participation in linguistic science
Life in communities: ethical, practical, and interpersonal aspects of research
Blurring the lines: skills for collaborative community-based research
Language activism: outreach skills for the promotion of linguistic diversity
Survey methods: design of sociolinguistic and language vitality surveys
Community archiving: developing a community-centered archive
Language Pedagogy
Teaching indigenous languages: designing materials for teaching language learners’ grammar
Teaching pronunciation: designing materials for teaching language learners’ pronunciation
Teaching methods for indigenous languages: methods used for teaching indigenous languages indigenous languages
Teaching materials for indigenous languages: developing curricula and assessment materials for teaching Indigenous languages
Thematic workshops (CoLang 2024)
Leveraging new technology: training in the latest developments in using code and programming to transcribe and analyze language data
Utilizing creative technologies to expand domains of language learning and use: advanced tools and skills for making creative and innovative multimedia for language learning, including filmmaking and graphic novels
Planning for a language program: leveraging community resources and engaging partners at any/all levels towards for developing community-based language programs
Utilizing legacy materials to restore traditional knowledge: advanced skills with interpreting legacy materials and reconstructing traditional knowledge systems