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The Nsyilxcn (Syilx Okanagan Interior Salish) language is critically endangered; fewer than fifty Elder speakers remain, no young people are learning at home and no effective school programs. Syilx people are highly invested in creating language opportunities, including teaching positions in schools, daycares, and adult programs, however no young speakers exist to staff them. Questions arise: how can we make Nsyilxcn language transmission more effective? What are the barriers to success, including linguistic, methodological, organizational, and community capacity challenges? The Syilx Language House Association endeavors to train Syilx youth to become language speakers, using cutting edge acquisition techniques. This research project is a second-year continuation of the lead researcherâs PhD and post-doctorate research in which five low-intermediate speakers were created through an intensive âLanguage Houseâ model. This field is of great interest to First Nations Education, applied linguistics, as well as deeply valuable to First Nation community.
Marianne Ignace
Michele Johnson
Penticton Indian Band Development Corporation
Languages and linguistics
Management of companies and enterprises
Simon Fraser University
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