Trina is the long time Curriculum Resource Coordinator and Cultural Liaison officer at Korkahnawake and is committed to upholding holistic Mohawk ways of knowing and being and supporting the development of culturally responsive curriculum resources.
She discussed two key points for successful language revitalization:
Provide learners with culturally based language experiences and daily opportunities to practise using language in context. When learning is based on culture the language comes alive and when learners are involved in determining curriculum content they are more likely to retain the knowledge.
Be honest with adult learners about the number of hours required to reach various proficiency levels and that in learning their language a number of emotional, psychological and identity issues may arise that will impact on their learning. Help learners develop a plan to work through these issues and to set personal and group goals for the language class, which will provide more than one way to be successful in their language learning process. Use ACTFL Speaking standards to guide language development and OPI for assessment.http://www.actfl.org/
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