Umagico Workshop Sep 2018
Trainers Ebony and Amy were in Far North Queensland from 17-20 September, running a workshop at the Umagico Indigenous Knowledge Centre with Des and Rose from the State Library of Queensland. We were working with ladies from different local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language communities, some of whom were just starting out on their language journeys. It was a productive week searching online databases for language information and resources; looking at grammars and language resources for the first time and exploring how to use them to learn language; creating lesson plans and designing a draft curriculum for teaching language at school; and practising immersion language learning and teaching methods to pass on language. We had such a lovely time working with the ladies, all at different stages in their language journeys, and we’re looking forward to following their progress. Special thanks to the State Library of Queensland for funding the workshop!
