Prendre langue! workshop dates

2015

20 may - Batié

speaker: Sébastien Kenmoe

document studied:

originating country of document: Cameroon

may 20 - Berber

speaker: Zineb Abidi

document studied: grammar overview

originating country of document: Morocco

20 may - Lingala

speaker: Tonton Musitu

document studied: "Eau Benite" by Lutumba Simaro

originating country of document: Cameroon

20 may - Twi

speaker: Grace Asante

document studied: Selected Proverbs

originating country of document: Ghana

2014

24 may - Berber

speaker: Baya Mokhtari

document studied:

originating country of document: Algeria

24 may - Lingala

speaker: Claude-Ursula Nsaka

document studied:

originating country of document: Congo

24 may - Malagasy

speaker: Christiane Rakotomalala

document studied:

originating country of document: Madagascar

24 may - Twi

speaker: Grace Asante and Freda Mensah

document studied:

originating country of document: Ghana

2011

april 13 - Tamul

speaker: Senthil Paramalingam, Manickam Yogeswaran

document studied:

originating country of document:

march 17 - Algerian Arabic

speaker: Chérifa Ait Ameur

document studied: excerpts from Inch'Allah Dimanche; "Poetic Song of Hyzia"

originating country of document: Algeria

february 17 - Chinook Languages and Chinuk Wawa

speaker: None present (presentation by Catharine Mason)

document studied: "Pronunciation of Barred L" videotape of Chinuk Wawa lesson with Tony Johnson

originating country of document: USA

2010

avril 17 - Pounou

speakers: Ruth Nadége Ibondou, Idriss Arnaud Moussavou, Gottfried Nze Bekale

document studied: "Marriage Tale"

originating country of document: Congo

march 16 - Cotentin Norman

speaker: Rémi Pézeril

documents studied: "Minete n'avait prins ma roulette"; "Felipé" by Alphonse Alain, performed by Daniel Bourdelés

originating country of documents: France

march 3 - Chilean Spanish

speakers: Alondra Ramirez, Loretto X, Raquel Zamorano

document studied: "Corazon de escarcha"

originating country of document: Chile

february 16 - Syrian Arabic

Speaker: Mohamad Khalaf

document studied: "The Wedding reception" by Abo Dorgam

originating country of document: Syria

2009

february 3 - Twi

speakers: Liliane Felilah, Felilah Aba Bosomtwe

documents studied: "Spider Kwaku and the Queen Crocodile"; "Ntasse"

originating country of documents: Ghana

2008

december 4 - Krio

speakers: Mohamad Conteh, Joseph Kanu

documents studied: Proverbs; "Mama" by Hard Life

originating country of documents: Sierre Leone

november 13 - Le parler norman

Speaker: Pierre Boissel

documents studied: "Les trois evades"; "La femme écappée"; "La femme servant" by Joseph Magne

originating country of documents: France

may 21 - Lingala

speakers: Sara Mpembe, Joseph Mingela

document studied: "Balabala" by Tabu-ley

originating country of document: Congo

march 26 - Wolof

speaker: Amadou Diaw

documents studied: "Demm Bercy" by Youssou N'Dour; "Kersa ci tudde sama bopp bindkat" by Khadi Fal

originating country of documents: Senegal

february 28 - Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin

speaker: Kinsgley Nwankpa

document studied: "Kalakuta show" by Fela Kuti

originating country of document: Nigeria