Jasmine Ma'sl
Kwe', Me' tal-wulo'ltioq? Jasmine Ma'sl na teluisi na'sik telui'tuksi na Jaz. Potlotek na tleyawi aqq ki's etl-lukwey na'te'l metla'si-punqekl jel ne'wt. High school kekina'mueyap ukumuljin te'si-punqekl misoqo weskwijinuip ntus. Nike' nikana'tu Language Nest wutanminen aqq etl-lukwey as the Mi'kmaw Language & Culture Coordinator Potlotek.
After teaching the Mi'kmaw Language for 8 years at the high school, Ms Jaz went on Maternity Leave. As a graduate from the University of Victoria, she knew as soon as she was expecting that she was going to do everything in her power to figure out a way to give her unborn the gift of language. As a proficient but not fluent speaker, she knew she had to create the village to help raise her child.
Ntɨsinen - Potlotek's Mi'kmaw Language Nest
This presentation will cover what we did leading up to starting our language nest, how it has been so far running the language nest, benefits of the language nest, and what we've noticed in the children so far.
Assessment, Retention, aqq Participation in a high school Mi'kmaw class through the lens of Jaz Ma'sl
After nearly 10 years in the classroom, Jaz is ready to share her most impactful assessment strategies for language retention from her years in the classroom as a high school Mi'kmaw Language teacher. Her presentation will include how she implemented weekly oral testing, tiered language levels amongst students, rewarded retention/participation, and gave language based exams... all as a non-fluent speaker. On top of a set vocabulary tested per year, she also challenged the students by implementing unit based learning. This presentation will reveal how all of the content, assessments, and games weaved together to create a basket of hope.