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Title: My Grandmother’s Lingo: Interactive Animation about Marra Language of Australia
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My Grandmother’s Lingo is a beautiful interactive, animated documentary about Angelina Joshua’s quest to learn Marra, her ancestral language. Experience her story at https://www.sbs.com.au/mygrandmotherslingo/
Read articles about this project at https://theconversation.com/taking-indigenous-languages-online-can-they-be-seen-heard-and-saved-64735, http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/10/04/young-aussies-are-preserving-indigenous-language-in-the-coolest/, and http://mashable.com/2016/10/06/interactive-animation-indigenous-languages/#PYTrrPPGBOqU
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Title: Audio-Photo Essay on Australia’s Endangered Languages
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The Guardian has released a lovely audio-photo essay dealing with Australia’s endangered languages, available here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2016/sep/30/the-survival-of-australias-endangered-languages-an-audio-photo-essay?CMP=share_btn_tw
Source: The Guardian
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Title: Tjinari: Video Game Ngaanyatjarra, and Australian Language
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Video game to keep language running
by Tegan Guthrie and Kalgoorlie Miner
September 18, 2016
Aboriginal language and culture will enter the digital realm with the development of a new computer game using the Ngaanyatjarra language.
Tjinari is a game being developed by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language and Tjaa Yuti Western Desert verbal arts team.
The game will be the first of its kind in the Ngaanyatjarra language and will feature the voices of students from the Warakurna Campus of Ngaanyatjarra Lands School.
The game, which is expected to be completed and released next year, aims to incorporate the Ngaanyatjarra language into something fun and interactive that youth would be happy to spend their time using.
Read the full story here: https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/regional/goldfields/a/32651657/ngaanyatjarra-language-enters-digital-landscape/#page1
Listen to a report about this game at http://www.abc.net.au/radio/canberra/programs/drive/video-game-offers-new-life-to-ancient-indigenous-language/7882360
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Title: Great LOL of China Episode: Tones
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Here is an article about tonal languages and specifically Chinese tones, accompanied by a video with a comedy routine about tones in Chinese, plus a “song” made of students pronouncing different words in Chinese: http://asiasociety.org/china-learning-initiatives/episode-12-chinese-tones
Source: Asia Society
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Title: Display: Kiku: The Art of the Japanese Garden
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From http://www.nybg.org/exhibitions/2016/kiku/index.php
Kiku: The Art of the Japanese Garden
October 8–30, 2016
New York Botanical Garden
The chrysanthemum, kiku in Japanese, is the most celebrated of all Japanese fall-flowering plants, and hundreds of meticulously trained kiku will be on display in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, in addition to a special bonsai display. Weekend events spotlight the art of ikebana, as well as taiko drumming, and celebrate the importance of flowers in Japanese culture.
For full details go to http://www.nybg.org/exhibitions/2016/kiku/index.php
Source: New York Botanical Garden
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Title: Exhibition: Japanese Prints of Kabuki Theater
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From http://umma.umich.edu/archive/view/exhibitions/2016-kabuki.php
Japanese Prints of Kabuki Theater from the Collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Art
October 15, 2016–January 29, 2017
A. Alfred Taubman Gallery
Kabuki actors were superstars in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Japan. They were admired by passionate fans with an insatiable appetite for images of them, fed by a publishing industry that mass-produced colorful woodblock prints of actors on stage that could be cheaply purchased as souvenirs of or substitutes for a theater experience. Japanese Prints of Kabuki Theater from the Collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Art presents a selection of these dramatic prints that connected fans to their idols, including off- or backstage portrayals that satisfied fans’ voyeuristic curiosity about their favorite actors’ lives, fantasy scenes of actors in unlikely groupings, and even death portraits of especially famous actors. This introduction to the visual culture surrounding kabuki theater includes prints by major artists such as Utagawa Toyokuni (1769–1825), Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861), and Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900).
For full details about the exhibition, go to http://umma.umich.edu/archive/view/exhibitions/2016-kabuki.php
Source: University of Michigan Museum of Art
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Title: Article: Linguists Seek to Preserve Endangered Regional German Dialects
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From http://www.dw.com/en/linguists-seek-to-preserve-endangered-regional-german-dialects/a-35885772
Linguists seek to preserve endangered regional German dialects
Often looked down upon as "pidgin German," dialects are an important part of cultural memory and diversity. Researchers say the vibrant spectrum of regional variations of German is under threat.
One recurring assertion in the debates about refugees in Germany has been the demand that migrants have to be fluent in German in order to integrate into, and function within, the society. Standard or High German is what's meant. But amidst the drive to get everyone who lives in Germany speaking "Hochdeutsch," others are concerned with preserving the many diverse regional dialects inside and outside the country.
…One well-documented dialect outside German-speaking Europe is "Texas German," a variant with many grammatical irregularities and Anglicisms used in parts of the American state like the town of Weimar (pronounced "WHY-mur"). It's a remnant of a thriving German immigrant culture from the 19th century. According to the Texas State Historical Association, Germans represented the largest ethnic group in the state deriving solely from Europe and constituted more than 5 percent of the population.
Read the full article at http://www.dw.com/en/linguists-seek-to-preserve-endangered-regional-german-dialects/a-35885772
Source: Deutsche Welle
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Title: Free Courses from Top Universities: Classics/Ancient World
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From http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com
Here is a list of free online courses and lectures from universities around the world, filtered for scholars of the classics and the ancient world: http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2016/09/free-courses-from-top-universities.html
Source: Ancient World Online
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Title: Yearlong Celebration of Classics in Connecticut
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The Classical Association of Connecticut will be celebrating 110 years of organized Classics in Connecticut over the coming year. The kick-off event will be October 22 with the ClassConn Annual Meeting in Hartford.
Go to http://classconn.org/ to learn more.
Source: Classical Association of Connecticut
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Title: Organization: Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition
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Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition (LESLLA) for Adults is an international forum of researchers who share an interest in research on the development of second language skills by adult immigrants with little or no schooling prior to entering the country of entry.
The goal of the LESLLA is to share empirical research and information to help inform and guide further research on second language acquisition for the low-educated adult population. This research in turn will provide guidance to education policy development in all those countries in which immigrants settle and most need educational support.
Visit the LESLLA website for information about upcoming symposia, helpful links, and a wiki: http://www.leslla.org/
Learn more about the organization and its recent symposium in this short article from the TESOL blog: http://blog.tesol.org/leslla-read-all-about-it/
Source: LESLLA
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