Event Examples

Class Event Example (90 minutes)

Theme: Cultural heritage and diplomacy

Outcomes: after the event, the participants will demonstrate:

understanding of the concept of equality of languages
cultural identity imbued in languages

Objectives:

familiarize participants with the concept of equality of languages
learn about cultural identity imbued in languages

Please note that the suggested timing should be set at the instructor’s discretion.

Pre-class activities: assign all your students to read selected articles and watch videos on indigenous languages. Assign a group of students to prepare a presentation.

1. Lead in (10 minutes):

Introduce the topic eliciting the definition of what indigenous languages are, and why it is important to preserve them.

2. Presentations (40 minutes)

Presentation by the instructor followed by Q&A) – 20 min:
Please view the sample presentation here:

https://www.slideserve.com/gilon/indigenous-languages

Presentation by a guest speaker (followed by Q&A)
Presentation by a group of students (followed by Q&A) ( 20 minutes)

3. Group work (30 minutes):

Divide your class into three groups and ask each group to create a plan on how to preserve and promote indigenous languages. Upon completion let the speaker for each group to tell the others what plan they have come up with.

4. Conclusion (10 minutes)

Take away of the participants

Workshop Event Example ( 3 hours)

Theme: Indigenous Education and Lifelong Learning

Outcomes:

Upon completion of the workshop, the participants will:

demonstrate awareness of importance of indigenous education and lifelong learning
will work out strategies on indigenous education

Objectives;

to make the participants aware of indigenous education
to facilitate group work stimulating participants to develop possible indigenous education strategies

Pre-workshop activities: assign all your students to read selected articles and watch videos on indigenous languages. Assign 2 groups of students to prepare a presentation OR invite speakers OR do both

1. Lead in (20 minutes):

Introduction
Watch the video: Indigen(i)ous: Genius ideas, Indigenous minds.

2. Presentations (60 minutes)

Presentation by the the first group/speaker, followed by Q&A – 30 min

Sample presentation: Indigenous People Education

Aboriginal Knowledge Is the Elder Of the World

Presentation by the second group/speaker, followed by Q&A - 30 min

Sample presentation: Crossing Cultures - Indigenous Education

3. Teamwork (1 hour 30 minutes)

Discussion facilitated by the speakers: Possible Indigenous Education Strategies
Teams work on the strategies and discuss groups' findings
Based on teams' strategies, participants work out one strategy to be implemented in their community/ties

4. Conclusion (10 minutes)

Sample Conference Event Guidelines

A conference event can take many forms, and circumstances are very diverse as are the objectives. Our Support team can help you organize it, please contact us. Here we are providing some guidelines:

Start by searching for indigenous languages in your region – you may discover language communities you weren’t aware of. Reach out to groups and organizations that fight to sustain their languages, and invite them to speak about their experience.
While searching for topics and speakers, focus on the key areas of intervention in preserving, revitalizing and promoting indigenous languages defined by UNESCO.
Use a multidisciplinary approach – reach out to colleagues in other departments (e.g. someone working in UX design can talk about issues in accommodating uncommon scripts).
Record talks, share slides, outlines and transcripts – we will share these resources under a Creative Commons license on our website and IYIL2019, to allow other scholars and lecturers to use them to inform their indigenous language research and include these materials in their classes.