Presentation for the New Media Consortium's 2009 "Five Minutes of Fame"

1. Good! ¡Bien! ¡Ütz! Maya Language Learningfrom Guatemala to TulaneMarie Carianna Derek Toten

2. Origins Overview U.S. Department of Education Title 6, National Resource Center

3. Origins grants awarded 2003 & 2005 Promote the study of Less Commonly Taught Languages ofLatin America Kaqchikel Maya Spoken in the Guatemalan highlands, Lake Atitlan region

4. OxlajujAj Since the 1980s: six-week Kaqchikel Maya language and cultureimmersion course Dr. Judie Maxwell Tulane Linguist & Cultural Anthropologist

5. Q’anil Self-paced, Flash-based language-learning environment to teach Kaqchikel Maya Produce in Guatemalawith native Kaqchikelspeakers Design for duallanguage instruction:English and Spanish

6. Content configured for CD-ROM and online deliveryhttp://ekaqchikel.tulane.edu(site active in late July 2009)

8. Produce FOUR modules

9. TWO complete

10. ONE “in the can”

12. Fluent in Spanish

13. Work with teachers

14. Plan and script content

15. TWO videographers

16. Production & staging logistics

40. Contact Marie Cariannamcarian@tulane.edu Derek Toten derek@tulane.edu