{"id":63670,"date":"2012-03-26T11:54:24","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T09:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?p=63670"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:08:09","slug":"march-13-15-and-19-21-2012-leanne-hinton-in-australia-launches-the-program-master-apprentice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2012\/03\/march-13-15-and-19-21-2012-leanne-hinton-in-australia-launches-the-program-master-apprentice\/","title":{"rendered":"March 13-15 and 19-21, 2012: Leanne Hinton in Australia launches the program \u201cMaster-Apprentice\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"photo\"The program Master-Apprentice <\/em><\/strong>was created in 1992 in the United States by the association \u201cAdvocates for Indigenous California Language Survival\u201d (AICLS). However, it was only later that it became a success thanks to the linguist Leanne Hinton<\/strong> and her book, published in 2001, How to keep your language alive which explains the program\u2019s workings using concrete examples.<\/p>\n

The principle is simple: it consists in creating pairs of partners<\/strong>, pairing a native speaker of an autochthonous or indigenous language <\/strong>(the master) and a young learner<\/strong> (the apprentice). The language learning is accomplished through immersion; for this reason, the pair is encouraged to spend the maximum time possible together, ideally 20 hours per week. The language transmission takes place through daily activities during which the learner can ask his tutor questions.<\/p>\n

This program has succeeded in the United States, Canada, and Europe where it aided in the reconstruction of several communities of indigenous language speakers. Currently, the program is making its debut in Australia with the \u201cResource Network for Linguistic Diversity\u201d (RNLD) which organizes two workshops lasting three days in Australia<\/strong> to train 38 indigenous persons. They hope that this program will help revitalize several Australian languages<\/p>\n

The workshops will be led by Leanne Hinton<\/strong>, Nancy Steel<\/strong>, and Stan Rodriguez <\/strong>with the following objectives:
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0To build a team of native speaker trainers who can explain the program \u201cMaster-Apprentice\u201d in communities, key organizations, and academic indigenous institutions;
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0To propose appropriate methods for locations where there is no fluent speaker of an indigenous language or for communities that are not ready to use this program<\/p>\n

Dates and locations of conferences:
\nMarch 13-15<\/strong>, Alice Springs (Australia)
\nMarch 19-21, <\/strong>Kununurra (Australia)<\/p>\n

For more information: http:\/\/www.rnld.org\/MALLP<\/p>\n