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| Contentid | 9129 |
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| Title | Article: Online Classes Help Preserve the Navajo Language |
| Body | From http://www.edutopia.org/technology-education-navajo-language-preservation Signing up for Navajo isn't like enrolling in a French class. The tribe has scattered around the country to the point where nearly half its population now lives off the Navajo Nation reservation, which covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. As the pool of potential teachers dwindles with each generation, the problem facing Witherspoon and other would-be Navajo-language students comes down to simple numbers: too few speakers spread out over too many miles. Enter the American Academy, an online high school that offers classes in both Navajo language and Navajo government, among other subjects. For the first time, students around the country don't need to locate a nearby teacher or wait for sufficient interest to build up at their school. On the contrary, a student can be the only person for a thousand miles interested in learning Navajo. All it takes is Internet access and a weakness for agglutinative languages. Read the entire article at http://www.edutopia.org/technology-education-navajo-language-preservation . Visit the American Academy’s website at http://www.theamericanacademy.com/front_page . |
| Source | Edutopia |
| Inputdate | 2009-03-08 10:49:47 |
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| Publishdate | 2009-03-09 00:00:00 |
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