Language immersion software for indigenous languages
OjibwemowinNoongom was developed to help address the needs for curricular and language learning materials in Ojibwe. The lack of relevent materials in authentic contexts hamper the efforts of language revitalization for many indigenous languages.
OjibweMovies can help you develop a similar language immersion software package for your indigenous language. The finished software becomes yours to use and distribute as you choose.
Building partnerships
Creating language immersion software is a collaborative process. Your team will be intimately involved in shaping the scope of the project, determining relevant content, selecting native speakers and determining the grammatical content. We don't work from predetermined scripts or predetermined content. Your team can develop the immersion that is most needed and most relevant to your language community.
We will provide you with:
- Project management to organize your endeavor,
- Filming at your location and video editing of films,
- Audio engineering for filming and voice-over audio,
- Technical editing and support for grammar structure, transcriptions and translations,
- and Software development to create your language immersion software.
You will be responsible for providing:
- A project team with authority to make decisions for your organization,
- The script senarios to be filmed,
- A group of native speakers to act in the films and provide voice-over audio,
- Transcription of all films in your language, and English translation (both colloquial translations and interlinear-text translations with grammatical information), and
- A grammar tree and written grammar for your language, or a language expert on your language who can work with our team to create them.
The finished master CD of your language immersion software will be yours to duplicate and distribute.
If you're ready to take your language revitalization efforts to the next level and create a multimedia immersion environment for your language, contact us today.
