Travel Support for the 3rd International Conference on Language Education and Diversity (LED 2011)

该奖项资助三位语言学者，Seikman博士、Thorne博士、John博士和研究生Sikorski女士参加在新西兰举行的第三届国际语言教育和多样性会议。该小组将参加会议，并介绍他们对阿拉斯加西南部约普伊克人语言沉浸项目的研究。约翰博士和西科斯基女士是阿拉斯加土生土长的阿拉斯加人，也是Yup？IK和Gwich？in的语言学者。提交的研究将向语言学界介绍本土语言习得模式，该奖项通过参加这次关于语言教育和多样性的全球会议，支持来自代表性不足群体和早期职业教师的两名学者的科学职业生涯。

This award supports the travel of three language scholars, Dr. Seikman, Dr. Thorne, and Dr. John and graduate student Ms. Sikorski, to participate in the 3rd International Conference on Language Education and Diversity in New Zealand. The group will be participating in the conference and presenting their research on language immersion programs among the Yup?ik of southwestern Alaska. Dr. John and Ms. Sikorski are Alaska Natives and language scholars of Yup?ik and Gwich?in. The research presented will inform the linguistics community about indigenous models of language acquisition and the award supports the science careers of two scholars from underrepresented groups and early career faculty through participation in this global conference on language education and diversity.