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June 15, 2020

Carleton Linguist Reflects on Unique Eastern Cree Language Website on its 20th Birthday

Carleton Linguist Reflects on Unique Eastern Cree Language Website on its 20th Birthday

Marie-Odile Junker, a professor at Carleton University’s School of Linguistics and Language Studies, had a dream years ago where, sad about the disappearance of Indigenous languages worldwide, she finds a teepee occupied by Indigenous Elders... More
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August 14, 2019

The Task-Based Approach to Language Teaching

The Task-Based Approach to Language Teaching

"In traditional language classes, students often repeat what the teacher tells them to repeat." So says Prof. Eva Kartchava at Carleton University’s School of Linguistics and Language Studies (SLaLS). "To this day, people tend to... More
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May 30, 2017

Preserving Indigenous Languages

Preserving Indigenous Languages

Carleton University Linguistics Prof. Marie-Odile Junker loves helping to preserve Indigenous languages and the incredible stories they have to tell about Canada’s past. "The languages are part of our heritage," says Junker, who received a... More