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SAIL will take place in-person only
SAIL will take place in-person only
Special Session: INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGIES
Special Session: INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGIES
Education lies at the core of language revitalization. Passing on our ancestral languages is done by fostering a relationship between a teacher and a learner. This is true whether this transference of knowledge takes place in a classroom, in a mentor-apprentice environment, or in the home.
Language pedagogy continues to evolve rapidly. Mentor-apprentice programs, immersive teaching, language nests, and other advancements in the field were the result of innovation by talented educators around the world. The next big advancement may be right around the corner.
For this session, we are welcoming:
Language teachers or other educators who employ new, unique, or otherwise innovative techniques in their learning environment, or who are employing existing techniques in their own way/with their own spin.
Tribally affiliated language workers and/or leadership who have worked to implement innovative pedagogies in their communities.
Linguists or other researchers whose work may directly inform new and innovative pedagogies.
Any other papers, panels, or presentations that are deemed relevant!
General Sessions: Revitalization, documentation, description & theory*
General Sessions: Revitalization, documentation, description & theory*
The General parasessions welcome papers on language revitalization and documentation, and descriptive and/or theoretical work that draw their data from community-based participatory research.
* In line with our goals of reaching out to Indigenous communities, we encourage scholars to present their descriptive & theoretical work that aligns with the community efforts to revitalize/maintain their language.
Poster Session
Poster Session
We welcome research on any topic covering American Indian languages (e.g., language documentation, description & theory, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, fieldwork, language revitalization, teaching pedagogy, language policy, community-based programs, use of digital technologies for language documentation and language revitalization). Indigenous communities are also encouraged to present and promote their language revitalization/maintenance initiatives!
Submission Process:
Submission Process:
We are accepting proposals for three types of presentations: research papers, panels, and poster presentations.
Abstracts should be up to 500 words or less (excluding examples and/or references). Abstracts should include the following information:
Title of paper
Name of author(s) and Institutional/Tribal affiliation (if any)
Author status (undergraduate/graduate student; post-doc; faculty; and/or member of an Indigenous community)
Session you wish to present (special session / general session / poster session)
Oral presentations will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Special Session and General Session are limited to 30 minutes.
The Poster Session will run for approximately 90 minutes. It provides an opportunity for more open-ended, two-way communication with the audiences (undergraduate students are invited to submit abstracts for this session).
Please submit your abstract in PDF format by email to sail.uarizona@gmail.com (with the subject: “Abstract - SAIL 2026")
Submission deadline: Wednesday, January 14th, 2026
Authors will be notified of acceptance by January 30, 2026.
If you have any questions, please contact us at sail.uarizona@gmail.com
We hope to see you in Tucson!
SAIL 2026 Organizing Committee
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