Language classes using old teaching techniques

A teaching technique based on early childhood education was a major part of this year’s Kusteey Tlingit and Tsimshian language courses at the University of Alaska Southeast. Students in the Sealaska Heritage Institute program say the Total Physical Response method holds hope for preserving Southeast Native tongues. CoastAlaska’s Ed Schoenfeld filed this report.

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