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Dear colleagues,
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.
Best wishes, The ELAR Team
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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 https://elararchive.org/blog/2019/12/17/which-language-should-i-document-some-concrete-suggestions-from-diversity-and-endangerment-by-harold-hammarstrom/), 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 https://www.eldp.net/en/our+trainings/online+training+series/. The deadline is January 30th, 2025.
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