The Department of French & Italian presents a lecture by
William Henning
Self-Directed Learning of Unwritten Languages
Thursday, April 17, 2008
5:30 pm
Maple Room,
Indiana Memorial Union
About the presentation: The field linguist, faced with the learning of an unwritten language has none of the usual resources for language learning: textbooks, grammars, dictionaries or trained instructors. He or she must approach the task with a substantially different language-acquisition paradigm and skills set. The course in Second Language and Culture Acquisition at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics is based on such a paradigm and aims to develop in its students the necessary skills for self-directed learning of unwritten languages. This presentation is organized around the core values of the course and their implementation:
- the indissoluble link between language and culture delayed production
- a two-pronged approach (situational/analytical)
- self-direction.
About the speaker: William A. Henning received his PhD in French linguistics from Indiana University in 1964. He taught at Wheaton College (Illinois) 1966-85 and then at Fresno Pacific College (California) and William Jewell College (Missouri), from which he retired as professor emeritus in 1999. He served as adjunct professor at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics in Dallas, 2001-2006.
Sponsored by the Department of French and Italian, the Creole Institute, the Department of Anthropology, and the Department of Linguistics.
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