{"product_id":"how-to-keep-your-language-alive-a-commonsense-approach-to-one-on-one-language-learning-paperback","title":"How to Keep Your Language Alive: A Commonsense Approach to One-On-One Language Learning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeanne Hinton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatt Vera\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eNancy Steele\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA manual for students of all endangered languages, from Yurok to Yiddish, Washoe to Welsh.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid worldwide accounts of dying languages, author Leanne Hinton and a group of dedicated language activists are doing something about it: they have created a master-apprentice language program, a one-on-one approach that has been remarkably successful in ensuring new speakers will take the place of those, often elderly, who are fluent in an endangered language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Keep Your Language Alive\u003c\/i\u003e includes exercises that can-can and should--be done in the most ordinary of settings, written with great simplicity and directness by a member of the linguistics faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeanne Hinton\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, and a founding member of the board of the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival. She has authored many articles and several books on language revitalization, including\u003ci\u003e Flutes of Fire: Essays on California Indian Languages\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The Green Book of Language Revitalization in Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Ken Hale); and \u003ci\u003eHow to Keep Your Language Alive: A Commonsense Approach to One-on-One Language Learning\u003c\/i\u003e (with Matt Vera and Nancy Steele). She has worked with AICLS to develop and implement the Master-Apprentice Language Learning Program and the Breath of Life Language Workshops, both of which have expanded throughout the US and internationally. In 2005 she received the Cultural Freedom Award from the Lannan Foundation for her work on the revitalization of endangered languages. Leanne lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband, Gary Scott, and delights in family time with their four children and seven grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50372464345325,"sku":"9781890771423","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/IzwRDFZo3j9781890771423.webp?v=1785503997","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/how-to-keep-your-language-alive-a-commonsense-approach-to-one-on-one-language-learning-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}