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The Brain Benefits from Bilingual Education

ᔮᓄᐊᓕ 30, 2017 3:20 pm ᑐᙵᓱ

Although it deals with the United States rather than Canada and focuses on acquisition of English, the dominant language, this very readable article points out six potential advantages of learning two languages. Six Potential Brain Benefits of Bilingual Education

Education Success Story

ᔮᓄᐊᓕ 23, 2017 3:07 pm ᑐᙵᓱ

This short interview with Angela Nuliayok Rudolph embodies almost all of the Six Pillars for Bilingual Education in Inuit Nunangat. The role of Nunavut Sivuniksavut is particularly highlighted. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/01/19/an-inuit-teachers-deeply-personal-path-to-education

Syllabics in Virtual Reality?

ᔮᓄᐊᓕ 17, 2017 3:21 pm ᑐᙵᓱ

This may not be relevant to Inuit Nunangat given the work underway on standardizing orthography, but a virtual reality program to teach syllabics has been developed for the James Bay Cree. I wonder if something similar would have any relevance for Inuit Nunangat?