1. Creating Speakers: 3) Teaching Methods
Owennatekha (Brian Maracle)
A.N.L.R.I. Fairbanks
May 21-24, 2018

2. Montreal *
Six Nations *
Detroit *
Boston *
New
York *

3. 3 out of 6 languages still spoken 13,000 people living on-reserve
Six Nations
3 out of 6 languages still spoken
13,000 people living on-reserve
2 First-Language Mohawk speakers
(2,000 speakers live in the East)

4. Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa
(Our Language Society)
1999
Full-time adult immersion
Two years long
Prog. Co-ordinator
Founded with wife
Based on work of Kanatawakhon
Create “fluent” speakers
Like this one:

5. * Adult Immersion Program (Year 1 & Year 2)
* On-Line Program
* Youtube: onkwawenna kentyohkwa
* web:

6. #2 Simple-to-Complex Curriculum #3 Teaching Method
Four Presentations
#1 Root-Word Method
#2 Simple-to-Complex Curriculum
#3 Teaching Method
#4 Assessments & Goals
Not 1st lang speaker,
Parents not speak
Not studied linguisitcs
No teacher training
Based on experience only Trial and error
Finished 19 years, learned seven lessons

7. How Do We Do It?

8. A big part of learning any language is
memorization.

11. red = someone  something wakenòn:we’s = It likes me.
kenòn:we’s = I like it.
red = someone  something
wakenòn:we’s = It likes me.
blue = something  someone
konnòn:we’s = I like you.
purple = someone  someone

12. Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Anki
Quizlet
Cram
index cards

13. Teaching in Immersion
from Day 1, Minute 1
demo

14. Teach in Pairs
No-English

15. You Don’t Become a Speaker By Studying
(although it helps)
You Become a Speaker By Speaking
Students must speak in class
Story-telling

16. Students learn vocabulary by recognizing what a new word sounds like.
Learn By Ear First
Students learn vocabulary
by recognizing what a new word sounds like.
Then they learn how to say it.

18. Comprehensible Input
through:
Content
&
Delivery

19. Calisthenics

21. Students have regular writing assignments.

22. Homework
Speak! Write! Text!

23. Owennatekha (Brian Maracle)