{"id":17843,"date":"2026-03-09T06:11:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whamit.mit.edu\/?p=17843"},"modified":"2026-03-08T18:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:27:11","slug":"colloquium-jordan-lachler-university-of-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/2026\/03\/09\/colloquium-jordan-lachler-university-of-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquium - Jordan Lachler (University of Alberta)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">Speaker<\/b>: Jordan Lachler (University of Alberta)\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><b>Title<\/b>: \u0093<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The Evolving Challenge of Skills Training for Intergenerational Language Sustainability<\/span>\u0094\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><b>When<\/b>: Friday, March 13th, 3:30-5pm\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><b>Where<\/b>: 32-141\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><b>Abstract:\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The global language endangerment crisis has unfolded against a backdrop of accelerated and unprecedented changes to society, technology and the planet itself. These ever-shifting realities challenge linguists&#8217; understanding of key theoretical concepts such as language community, language vitality and language sustainability. More importantly, they often complicate the efforts of individuals and communities to reclaim their traditional languages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In this presentation, we will examine the role that skills training plays in supporting the reclamation of minoritized and endangered languages. We will review efforts over the past half-century to aid in building capacity within these communities to carry out language revitalization and revival on their own terms. We will then provide a framework for categorizing the skills required for this type of socially transformative work, and give a critical analysis of the state-of-the-art in skills training, highlighting areas of success as well as on-going challenges which remain unmet. Finally, we will chart a path forward for international collaboration in this area, as we aim to support the improvement of existing training programs, and the proliferation of new programs to reach underserved communities worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker: Jordan Lachler (University of Alberta)\u00a0 Title: \u0093The Evolving Challenge of Skills Training for Intergenerational Language Sustainability\u0094\u00a0 When: Friday, March 13th, 3:30-5pm\u00a0 Where: 32-141\u00a0 \u00a0 Abstract:\u00a0 The global language endangerment crisis has unfolded against a backdrop of accelerated and unprecedented changes to society, technology and the planet itself. These ever-shifting realities challenge linguists&#8217; understanding of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17845,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17843\/revisions\/17845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ling-phil.mit.edu\/whamit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}