Instruction: Before the students begin, I will show them how to navigate to the site and walk through the steps of selecting the right dialect. Then each learner can use a device to search the phrases and fill out their blank worksheets. Usually questions will come up and some learners may already know how to do this step and can get right to searching for the virtual scavenger hunt.
Activity: Virtual scavenger hunt
Evaluation: Virtual scavenger hunt marked out of a total 14. Consideration will be given for spelling attempts and penmanship but will not impact the overall marks.
students will read and write in the iihatis dialect
clean-up
Multimedia Lesson Plan Example:
Vocab Scavenger Hunt
Goal
Learners will be able to navigate to the First Voices website and use the search bar to find words and phrases in the iihatis dialect.
Learning Objectives
Learning objectives should be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-based.
By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to:
Search for and find the Firstvoices.com website
Navigate to “find languages” for the iihatis dialect
Search within the iihatis dialect portal
play audio clips in first voices when they are available
problem solve when they cannot find words
Complete blank vocabulary worksheet by writing in nuuchahnulth
Ask for help as needed
Prior Knowledge & Learner Profile
The learners are all beginner level adult learners who also either learn in groups or have families present for the learning. Learning takes place online and learners can use zoom for classes. Some learners with expert level language skills have not been exposed to the writing system and will need support with bridging their knowledge with the modern writing system.
Learners will need to know how to power up the laptops and open up google chrome
Learners will need to be familiar with the beginner level nuuchahnulth alphabet in order to read the words/phrases in nuuchahnulth
Learners can write in the standard nuuchahnulth writing system
Delivery
Beginning / Introduction: Introduce the First Voices archive portal on Firstvoices.com
Show the video to find First Voices website
Other nuuchahnulth dialects available
Before laptops, instruct students to clear their desks
Grab pencil/pen
Student helper distribute blank worksheets to the group
3. Grab the laptops
Open google chrome and search for First voices
Search in iihatis to complete the worksheets
4. Clean up
a. Power down laptops
B. plug in laptop for charging at charging station
Evaluation
Learners evaluation: learners submit their scavenger hunt worksheet for their instructor to mark and give them feedback on their writing
Today I made a keychain using my daughters name. This can be used for language revitalization because learners can create words or use their name for a keychain or magnet or anything really. I wanted to do my daughter’s name because she won’t find her name anywhere on a keychain or a pen. I think this is a great learning tool that incorporate opportunity to use technology for language learning. keychain link:
