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Tlingit Language Immersion Retreats: Creating New Language Habitat for the Twenty-First Century
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D. Roy Mitchell
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July 27, 2005
Abstract
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI), an Alaska Native nonprofit corporation, operated three Tlingit language immersion retreats in 2002 and 2003, wherein we aimed to create a habitat for 100% Tlingit language use. I present an overview of how SHI organized and operated these retreats, along with discussion of challenges that occurred, especially: catering to learners of different levels of language ability, the pressures to use English, and addressing interpersonal conflicts when language abilities are limited.
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Published Online: 2005-07-27
Published in Print: 2005-02-01
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