ELAR is excited to share the news that the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme is offering an online training series in Language Documentation and Archiving from March 6 to June 12, 2025. Applications to participate in the training series are due 30 January 2025.
Please see the call below for more information. Please help this call reach a broader audience for this series by sharing it with your students, colleagues, and others who may be interested in the training.
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The ELAR Team
Online Training Series in Language Documentation and Archiving
6 March – 12 June 2025
The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) is offering a series of online trainings in Language Documentation and Archiving from March 6 to June 12, 2025. Training participants will meet weekly on Thursdays, live via Zoom, for a webinar and discussion session. They will be expected to complete readings, hands-on practice, and online assessments between sessions. Live attendance at all sessions and the completion of all assignments is required.
Below are the topics that will be covered in the training series:
- Linguistic diversity and language endangerment
- Language Documentation theory & methods
- Understanding archival collections
- Compiling a documentary collection
- Audio and video recording methods
- Transcription, translation, and annotation with ELAN
- Lexicography and dictionary creation with Fieldworks Language Explorer (FLEx)
- Metadata creation and managing data
- Project planning and design
- Grant writing for language documentation projects
The online sessions will take place from 9:00 to 11:00 CET. Readings, hands-on practice, and homework assignments will be made available via a free course website. The language of instruction is English.
The training series has 25 spots available. Applicants planning to work with endangered and under-documented languages (see Hammarström 2019), especially Papuan languages, are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants should meet the criteria listed below:
- Have plans to document an endangered and under-documented language
- Be able to attend all webinar sessions and complete readings and assignments
- Have a sufficient level of spoken and written English to be able to complete assignments
- Have regular access to a Windows computer and a reliable internet connection
To apply and for more information, please go here. The deadline is January 30th, 2025.
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