Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America

凯洛格国际研究学院将于2011年10月30日至11月2日在圣母大学举办拉丁美洲土著语言教学研讨会（STLILLA）。拉丁美洲土著语言和文化研讨会将是美国和拉丁美洲学者的一次重要聚会，旨在传播关于拉丁美洲土著语言和文化各方面的研究成果。在这一总体框架内，特别重要的是对拉丁美洲土著语言进行跨学科研究，以记录和保存那些最濒危的语言。文献对保存美洲土著语言至关重要。目前世界上使用的6000 - 7000种人类语言中，大约有一半濒临灭绝。此外，世界上只有不到5%的语言是书面的。分享研究成果，并了解那些致力于记录、保存和振兴拉丁美洲最濒危语言的人所面临的挑战，对于保护该地区的土著语言至关重要。stilla将通过创建一个论坛来促进全球对话，美国学者可以与拉丁美洲和当地学者进行交流。一个重要的标志将是拉丁美洲，特别是土著学者的大量存在，这在美国学术环境中是罕见的。因此，会议将为拉丁美洲土著语言的母语使用者和非母语使用者之间的合作开辟新的途径。通过召集如此广泛的参与者，STLILLA将使经常彼此孤立工作的人们能够比较他们记录和振兴濒危语言的方法。为了使这项研究具有一定的持久性和影响力，会议还将侧重于从语言文献中创造教学材料。因此，这次会议将对保护各土著群体的语言和文化作出重大贡献，这些群体是我们半球代表性最不足的民族之一。

The Kellogg Institute for International Studies will host the Symposium on Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages of Latin America (STLILLA) at the University of Notre Dame from October 30 - November 2, 2011. STLILLA will be a major gathering of scholars from the United States and Latin America to disseminate research on diverse aspects of Latin American indigenous languages and cultures.Within this general framework, of particular importance is interdisciplinary research on Latin American indigenous languages that leads to the documentation and preservation of those that are most endangered. Documentation is critical to the preservation of indigenous languages in the Americas. Approximately half of the 6,000-7,000 human languages currently spoken worldwide are in imminent danger of extinction. Furthermore, the fact that fewer than 5% of the world's languages are even written. Sharing research and understanding the challenges faced by those who work to document, preserve, and revitalize Latin America's most endangered languages is critical to the preservation of indigenous languages in the region.STLILLA will promote a global dialogue by creating a forum where US academics can engage with Latin American and indigenous scholars. An important hallmark will be the significant presence of Latin American and especially indigenous scholars, a rare occurrence in US academic settings. Therefore, the conference will open new avenues of cooperation between native speakers and non-native speakers of Latin American indigenous languages. By convening such a broad spectrum of participants, STLILLA will allow people who often work in isolation from each other to compare their approaches to documenting and revitalizing endangered languages. By way of giving this research some permanence and impact, the conference will also focus on the creation of pedagogical materials from language documentation. This conference will, therefore, be making a significant contribution to preserving the languages and cultures of various indigenous groups, who are among the most underrepresented peoples in our hemisphere.