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Details No Prerequisites Required
Course
Dates This is a self-paced course so you can learn when it suits you.
Time
Commitment Between 2 to 3 hours per week.
Assessment
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Grading Scheme Pass (50% or higher)
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Course Syllabus
Course Overview
Language
is an integral part of society. Wherever we come from, the words we use and the
way in which we use them are fundamental to our cultural identity. In today’s
increasingly globalized world, however, ‘linguicide’ – the loss of a language –
is becoming all too common. But there is hope. The language revival movement
has emerged as an important and effective response, and this course will
introduce you to its key principles and techniques. After discussing powerful
answers to the question of why languages should be revived, we’ll investigate
how. Far more than just a simple process of recovering literacy and lost
letters, language revival involves a deep and complex engagement with history,
human rights, identity and wellbeing. You will also learn what’s being done
around the world right now, and how effective these techniques have languages
should be revived, we’ll investigate how. Far more than just a simple process
of recovering literacy and lost letters, language revival involves a deep and
complex engagement with history, human rights, identity and wellbeing. You will
also learn what’s being done around the world right now, and how effective
these techniques have been.
What you'll
learn
• Explore connections between
language and identity.
• Understand the impact of language
loss on people around the world.
• Examine what is being done to
revive languages today.
1. Linguicide (Case for Revival)
Week 1 Learning Objectives
• Understand the ethics of language
revival.
• Discuss the aesthetic
considerations.
• Explore the political and economic
imperatives for
language revival.
Week 1 Assessment Requirements
You'll be assessed on the following
items:
• Completion of the weekly challenge
questions.
• Completion of the weekly
self-check reports.
Important: it is also expected that you engage
in all weekly discussions and activities.
2. Revivalistics (New
Transdisciplinary Field of Enquiry)
Week 2 Learning Objectives
• Express how and why working
closely with your community is the best practice for language
revival.
• Discuss ways in which to coin new
terms for new concepts and modern terminology.
• Detail how and why language
revival is a transdisciplinary, including linguistic, endeavor.
Week 2
Assessment Requirements
You'll be assessed on the following
items:
• Completion of the weekly challenge
questions.
• Completion of the weekly
self-check reports.
Important: it is also expected that you engage
in all weekly discussions and activities.
3. Israeli
(Case Study: Revived Hebrew)
Week 3
Learning Objectives
• Describe the history of Hebrew and
Israeli.
• Start coining phono-semantic
matches in order to expand the vocabulary of your revived
language.
• Analyse multiple causation and
cross-fertilization between languages, which are an inevitable
byproduct of language revival.
• Apply the Founder Principle and
the Congruence Principle in various contexts.
Week 3
Assessment Requirements
You'll be assessed on the following
items:
• Completion of the weekly challenge
questions.
• Completion of the weekly
self-check reports.
Important: it is also expected that you engage
in all weekly discussions and activities.
4. Kaurna
(Case Study)
Week 4 Learning Objectives
• Discuss what happened to Kaurna
and why it should be reclaimed.
• Detail the sources and methods
used to transform the language.
• Explain how Kaurna language in
used in the public domain.
• Outline how to overcome the
challenges for reawakening a language.
Week 4 Assessment Requirements
You'll be assessed on the following
items:
• Completion of the weekly challenge
questions.
• Completion of the weekly
self-check reports.
Important: it is also expected that you engage
in all weekly discussions and activities.
5. Saving
Languages (Recapitulation, Comparative Analysis)
Week 5 Learning Objectives
• Discuss and apply the rigour of
the Language Revival Diamond (LaRD).
• Differentiate and compare the key
components of language revival as applied to the spectrum
of reclamation, revitalization and reinvigoration.
• Detail the various methods
employed to revive a language in a given state of loss.
• Discuss ways in which languages
might be preserved, revived or reclaimed, for future
generations.
• Contrast and compare the constraints
and limitations of languages under revival.
Week 5 Assessment Requirements
You'll be assessed on the following
items:
• Completion of the weekly challenge
questions.
• Completion of the weekly
self-check reports.
Important: it is also expected that you engage
in all weekly discussions and activities.
DISCUSSION FORUM ETIQUETTE AND
FREQUENCY
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expect you to follow the edX Code of Conduct at all times and keep your
posts/responses positive on the learning forums. Post regularly, at least once
per discussion activity and be sure to respond to your peers, as instructed.
FACEBOOK COMMUNITY
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of us at the Language Revival Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/Revivalistics/
