CoLang 2024 Workshops

Below is a list of workshop offerings for CoLang 2024. Workshops will be held at Arizona State University during the first two weeks of CoLang (June 3 - 14). Workshop schedule coming soon!

Participants will select eight of the following workshops:

Basics

• Intro to Linguistics: essential concepts of linguistic description and analysis

Facilitator: Stacey Oberly

• Writing Systems: evaluating and designing writing systems

Facilitator: Kate Pewenofkit Briner

• Making Dictionaries: principles and methods of dictionary creation

Facilitator: Olivia Sammons

• Pedagogical Grammar: designing a descriptive grammar oriented towards language learners

Facilitator: Luiz Amaral

• Transcription: theory, methods, and practice of transcribing recorded language data

Facilitator: Ray Huaute

• Navigating Intellectual Property & Traditional Knowledge: navigating consent, rights, and intellectual property as it relates to language documentation

Facilitator: Susan Smythe Kung

• Grant Writing: identifying funding sources and writing grant applications to support language work

Facilitator: Hali Dardar

Technology

• Audio for Everyone: basic and advanced techniques in audio recording and processing

Facilitator: Yoshi Ono + Toshi Nakayama

• Video: basic and advanced techniques in video recording and processing

Facilitators: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Multimedia Team

• FLEx: use of FLEx software for dictionary-making and conducting textual analysis

Facilitators: Gabriela De la Cruz-Sánchez + Eric Jackson

• ELAN: use of ELAN software for audio-visual annotation

Facilitator: Zion Smith

• Praat: use of Praat software for phonetic analysis

Facilitator: Sonya Bird + Rae Anne Claxton

• Database Design & Implementation: design and use of relational database systems; organizing, storing, and accessing language data

Facilitators: Amy Fountain, John Ivens + Gus Hahn-Powell

• Tech & Language Reclamation: evaluating technologies for use in language reclamation projects

Facilitators: Jack Rittenberry + Hali Dardar

Community Language Work

• Blurring the Lines: skills for collaborative community-based research

Facilitators: Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins + Jean-Luc Pierite

• Survey Methods: design of sociolinguistic and language vitality surveys

Facilitators: Cordella Moses + Marilyn Reed

• Community Archiving: developing a community-centered archive

Facilitator: Jaeci Hall

• Documenting Conversation for Language Reclamation: creating and mobilizing recordings of spontaneous language, from recording to translation

Facilitator: Arynn King + Daisy Rosenblum

• Documenting Lullabies for Language Revitalization: methods for documenting lullabies and children's songs as a part of language revitalization efforts

Facilitator: Mizuki Miyashita

• Documenting the Language of Place and Landscape: documentation of placenames and information related to interacting and being in places, focusing on experience-based methods

Facilitator: Carolyn O'Meara + Gabriela De la Cruz-Sánchez

• Family Language Revitalization: methods for revitalizing Indigenous languages in the family domain

Facilitators: TBA

• Nankak Gwanzhih: Building Reclamation Programs Across Languages: designing collaborative language projects among neighboring communities

Facilitators: Allan Diton Hayton + Lucy Miller

• Revitalizing Indigenous Traditions: methods for revitalizing Indigenous traditions with an emphasis on language

Facilitator: Phillip Cash Cash

Language Pedagogy

• SLA-Informed Materials Development for Language Revitalization: designing materials for second language learners

Facilitator: Michol Miller

• Teaching Pronunciation: methods for teaching pronunciation in community contexts

Facilitators: Martie Woothtakewahbitty + Kate Pewenofkit Briner

• Language Immersion: immersion methods for language teaching

Facilitator: Ray Huaute

• Group Mentor-Apprentice: mentor-apprentice methods for group  language learning

Facilitator: Mosiah Bluecloud + Ray Huaute

• Curriculum Design & Assessment for the Indigenous Classroom: developing culturally-appropriate curricula and assessment materials for teaching Indigenous languages

Facilitators: Martie Woothtakewahbitty + Kate Pewenofkit Briner

• Tell Your Story: Bringing Indigenous Knowledge into Mainstream Classes: case study of a language project in Papua New Guinea; developing curricula & pedagogical materials drawing from your own language and culture

Facilitators: Craig Alan Volker + Cláudio da Silva

• Community Radio as a Vehicle for Language Revitalization: developing language-focused community radio and podcast programs

Facilitator: Olivia Waring

• Virtual & Board Word Games: developing language games for language learners

Facilitators: Jacqueline Brixey + Cheyenne Reynoso

CoLang 2024 Thematic Workshops

• Natural Language Processing for Indigenous Languages: applying deep learning tools to language documentation and revitalization

Facilitator: Rolando Coto-Solano

• Speech Recognition for Indigenous Languages: developing automatic speech recognition systems for language documentation

Facilitators: Rolando Coto-Solano

• Creative Technologies for Language: using virtual reality technology to promote and disseminate language and culture for pedagogical purposes

Facilitators: Mosiah Bluecloud + Ray Huaute

• Producing Community-oriented Storybooks Using Documented Data: adapting linguistic documentation for use in community language work

Facilitators: Gladys Camacho Rios + Ramiro Vega Vargas

• Reconstructing Traditional Ecological Knowledge Using Heritage Language Materials: interpreting legacy materials and reconstructing traditional knowledge systems

Facilitator: Jonathan Geary

• Strategic Language Reclamation & Community-based Project Planning: developing a community-based language project

Facilitator: Joe Dupris

Check back soon for updates and more information!