One of the talks I attended at OWNAL was about the Master-Apprentice program. This is a language-learning program originally from California that aims to train new fluent speakers by pairing elder speakers of the language (masters) with younger adults interested in learning the language (apprentices) for 10 or more hours per week for several years, for a total of around 300 hours. The goal is to create new fluent speakers who can then teach the language to others. The program has been applied to a variety of different languages and communities  — the presentation that I attended was about the Master-Apprentice program in Sauk, an Algonquian language spoken in Oklahoma and Kansas.

Jessica also has a new book about the Master-Apprentice program so if anyone is interested they can contact her or read a partial version online. I also found these two videos made by people who have been doing Master-Apprentice programs in various indigenous languages in British Columbia.

Anyway, I think this looks like a really interesting idea. Thoughts to consider: is this something that anyone in Listuguj might be interested in trying? Can we use any ideas from the Master-Apprentice program when creating Can-8 lessons or other teaching methods?