Annie Hankin posted a discussion
Yiddish Presentation.pdf
May 17, 2025
Annie Hankin posted discussions
May 13, 2025
Annie Hankin replied to Gareth Woo's discussion Learning Journal - Gareth (relearns) Malay
"I like how you really honed in on your goal of improving casualness and locality in your Malay abilities. I admire how you also incorprated your new skills into various settings other than the cooking situations. It shows that you are really…"
May 13, 2025
Annie Hankin replied to Gareth Woo's discussion Learning Journal - Gareth (relearns) Malay
"It's good to see that you have maintained your study strategies and applied them to improve your casual Malay. I too have stuck with my strategies while revising my goals. Like working in my language book, attending the online lessons, and utilizing…"
May 13, 2025
Annie Hankin replied to Gareth Woo's discussion Learning Journal - Gareth (relearns) Malay
"It sounds like you had a lot of goal revisions with acquiring a more casual level of Malay in February. I like that you challenged yourself while still being able to have fun and experience the culture in the most accessible way depsite being on the…"
May 13, 2025
Annie Hankin replied to Gareth Woo's discussion Learning Journal - Gareth (relearns) Malay
"I also was surprised at first by the self directed course as well when if first started. I also applied similar learning techniques like learnign through youtube, TV, and other media. I find it interesting that you decided to pursue malay despite…"
May 13, 2025
Annie Hankin replied to Gareth Woo's discussion Cultural Post #2 - Kepentingan masak dengan kawan dan maksud hidangan tradisional Cina, Yee Sang/Yusheng
"that's really great you seem to have found a community of people to celebrate Yee Sang/Yusheng with. How did you go about finding that communiyt of people to share this celebration? how did you start the conversation of shared cultures in your…"
May 13, 2025
Annie Hankin replied to Gareth Woo's discussion Cultural Post #1 - Food (Makanan): Rojak dan Roti Canai
"Those look and sound delicious. I've always admired fusion cuisine as it celebrates them both while highlighting the beauty that can come from mixing cultures. In a way, it's pro-integration itself and highlights the innovation that comes from…"
May 13, 2025
Annie Hankin posted discussions
May 12, 2025
Gareth Woo replied to Annie Hankin's discussion Annie Learning Journal 1: Yiddish
"That's fascinating! It's inspiring to see someone reconnecting with their heritage through Yiddish. It must be challenging learning a dying language, yet I admire your perseverance to continue exploring resources! I do believe that language plays a…"
May 2, 2025
Leo Barnes replied to Annie Hankin's discussion Annie Learning Journal 1: Yiddish
"I understand the difficulty of not feeling sure exactly whether you're learning your language or not. Something to consider if you haven't checked it yet is Duolingo. I saw an article that said that they've offered a Yiddish course since 2021 that…"
Feb 11, 2025
Annie Hankin posted a discussion
Right now I’m working on founding current online resources to start my learning journey since Yiddish is a dying language. I have found a tutor on italki and I found a zoom online that does daily yiddish lessons that focuses on learning through…
Feb 9, 2025

You need to be a member of The SDLAP Ning to add comments!

Join The SDLAP Ning

Comments are closed.

Discussion #8

When a language dies, a culture loses identity and pride. Languages go extinct when a dominant language is adopted through cultural assimilation or colonization. To preserve the language, linguistics documents with dictionaries, textbooks, recordings, and cultural events. A “dead” language is not really dead but dormant because there is documentation to revive the language. To bring it back, there are summer programs, immersion schools, radio programs, and the internet. To improve the visibility of a language, it is used in song lyrics and to celebrate the language, to be proud of it. Community-based educational efforts were seen in Canada when elders were teaching young children their native language. Nigeria did the same thing for the language Olukumi. They named the children with the language and implemented lots of cultural events such as festivals, language retreats, and traditional culinary workshops. Examples of media and digital technology are the use of national media…

Read more…
0 Replies

Discussion Post #7

Looking back at my initial learning plan, I think things are progressing steadily, though not without some adjustments. One of the biggest changes has been a shift toward more consistent, smaller daily practice on multiple tasks rather than occasional long study sessions on one specific skill. On my plan I was trying to memorize the words and grammar every day, but then I realized that it is not enough just memorizing them. I have to add in listening, writing and speaking in order to practice and fully understand how to use them. This has made my learning feel more manageable and effective. I’ve also started incorporating more materials such as videos, conversations, and real-world texts, which has helped me engage more naturally with the language.I’ve definitely integrated strategies and insights from class into my approach. For example, I’m more conscious of balancing fluency and accuracy, and I’ve been applying techniques like contextual guessing and focusing on meaning before…

Read more…
0 Replies

Discussion #8

Languages go extinct when people stop being immersed in them and using them. This can happen through remote populations aging out and having less speakers to teach the next generation or more dominant languages being adopted in an area/community and thereby pushing out the minority languages. When a language dies, it’s not just a means to communicate that dies. It erases tradition and culture, leaving important historical and social means of expression behind. With every language that dies, history and a means of understanding others dies with it. Dead languages can be brought back to life through dedicated efforts and persistence. Linguists can help preserve at-risk languages and bring dead languages back to life by fostering the conditions languages need to thrive. Such conditions include, but are not limited to, an immersive environment where people can learn the language naturally, an initiative led by local speakers of said environment to keep the language alive, and lobby for…

Read more…
0 Replies

Discussion Post #8

Languages go extinct, and die, when the number of native speakers becomes dangerously low and there is little to no written information documenting these languages to preserve its continuity. This can happen for a number of reasons, the economic necessity of speaking a more dominant language like English, and smaller native community sizes are just two of these reasons that both David Harrison and Anna Luisa Daigneault mention in When Languages Die and How to Resurrect Dying Languages respectively. Linguists can prevent this extinction and help preserve languages by (a) creating immersive environments organized by local stakeholders, (b) encouraging active community involvement in language revitalization, (c) prioritizing presence in digital communities/spaces, (d) and supporting acts of decolonization, Daigneault argues. Immersive environments, or “language nests” are environments where toddlers/beginners learn from fluent or semi-fluent elders on a consistent basis. Active community…

Read more…
1 Reply · Reply by Julie Strickland 12 hours ago