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On the “Yukte” Pilot Project “Evenki Language at School: Teaching Techniques, Information Technologies and Experience Exchange” Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences 5 (2013 6) 671-675 ~ ~ ~ УДК 801 (091) On the “Yukte” Pilot Project “Evenki Language at School: Teaching Techniques, Information Technologies and Experience Exchange” Tamara E. Andreeva* Institute of Humanitarian Researches and Problems of Indigenous Peoples of the North SA RAS 1 Petrovsky Str., Yakutsk, Respublika Sakha (Yakutia), 677007 Russia Received 20.12.2012, received in revised form 27.02.2013, accepted 29.04.2013 The present article considers contemporary tendencies of developing the languages of small-numbered indigenous peoples of the North. The author arrives at the conclusion on the necessity of learning two and more languages for members of ethnocultural groups of small-numbered indigenous peoples of the North. The author describes the experiment of saving and popularizing of Even language in Sakha Republic (Yakutia). There are some examples of successful learning of the native language by the members of Even ethnocultural group. Keywords: Even language, small-numbered indigenous peoples of the North, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), “Yukte” project. The work was fulfilled within the framework of the research financed by the Krasnoyarsk Regional Foundation of Research and Technology Development Support and in accordance with the course schedule of Siberian Federal University as assigned by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. At the present time the modern language situation requires a system of well-balanced situation in the world bears negative character, conscious bilingualism and multilingualism. as the traditional communication functions of the Teaching native language at schools is the most languages spoken by indigenous small-numbered crucial factor of its preservation and development peoples of the North are being lost under the under the conditions of multilingualism. conditions of multilingualism. At the same time, New federative initiatives to unify the the majority of the indigenous small-numbered education system at first caused considerable social peoples of the North have a good command of and political tension. Great anxiety was expressed Sakha and Russian languages along with their in the republics of the Russian Federation where native one. The command of three – four languages: the majority of schools prodiving education in a native, Sakha, Russian and a foreign one are the non-Russian language are located. The analysis base for increasing the mobility of people and the of the present situation in the education system political stability of the society. Such language carried out by the Institute of Ethnology and © Siberian Federal University. All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: [email protected] – 671 – Tamara E. Andreeva On the “Yukte” Pilot Project “Evenki Language at School… Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Science SR (Yakutia). The co-executives are: the Ethnic (IEA RAS) has shown, that in the past every Schools’ Institute; the administrations of ulus school could compose the curriculum only within and agricultural communities; Ulus Departments the limits of several per cent of the academic of Education; Institute for Advanced Training for time, while the rest of it was controlled by the Education Officers. The Academic Advisor of the republican bodies of education management. The project is Andreeva T.E., the Deputy Director for new approach requires the whole curriculum to Science of the IHRPSPN SB RAS, Candidate of be unified according to the federation standard. Science. This way the state “takes up the reigns” of the The main objective of the present project is education system. to organise and run a workshop on the following However, the federal legislation provides topic: “Evenki language at school: teaching schools with the opportunity to choose a certain techniques, information technologies and education curriculum within the framework of the experience exchange”, in the places of compact standard. This independence helps the school act in Evenki settlements. a more flexible way under the changing conditions. For the project, the following tasks were Nevertheless, the freedom of curriculum choice listed: to make a survey among teachers and can turn out both as an advantage and as a source parents devoted to teaching ethnocultural subjects of various problems. The curriculum choice is at school; to introduce some new methods of a great load of responsibility that falls on the native language teaching, to convey the traditional school teachers. As a result, modern school needs knowledge to pre-school educational institutions, a system of social orientation methods. To solve nomadic and secondary schools, to introduce the problems, schools need to carry out their the information technologies used in native “marketing” research on their own. language teaching; to provide career guidance The year 2010 was the beginning of the pilot and psychological consultations on the issues of project “Yukte” in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). choosing and changing profession, on the issues The work under the project is to last for 5 years of social and professional adaptation of the youth; and is aimed at organizing the help in analysing to organize interdepartmental interaction, to the current situation, in conducting some career provide order and continuity in the educational guidance and social adaptation work among the and teaching work. population of the compact Evenki settlements, The project is aimed at schools, Evenki in evaluating the modern educational and other language teachers, pre-school educational needs of the population including the need for institutions’ teachers, in order to conduct studying their native language. methodological consultations and help the teachers The project coordinators are the Ministry of schools and pre-school educational institutions of Education of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), provide career guidance and psychological Department of the Peoples’ Affairs and consultation on the issues of choosing and Federative Relations (DPAFR), Institute of changing profession, on the problems of social Humanitarian Researches and Problems of the and professional adaptation of the youth and the Small-Numbered Peoples of the North of the unemployed citizens registered at employment Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science centres. Under the present project, it is planned (IHRPSPN SB RAS). The main executives of the to run workshops in the compact settlements of project are: IHRPSPN SB RAS, DPAFR in the Evenki in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), such – 672 – Tamara E. Andreeva On the “Yukte” Pilot Project “Evenki Language at School… as Khatystyr village in Belletsky agricultural district, Tyanya village of Olekminskiy municipal community of Aldanskiy ulus; Kutana village in district, members of the Science Schools and Belletsky agricultural community of Aldansky Research Institutes, IHRPSPN SB RAS, DPAFR ulus; Ugoian village in Belletsky agricultural in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) from 16 to 19 of community of Aldanskiy ulus; Iengra village March, 2011, in Khatystyr of Aldansky municipal in Iengrinsky agricultural community of district. Neryungrinsky municipal distruct; Olenek Under the project, some educational village of Oleneksky agricultural community workshops on the federal educational standards, of Oleneksky ulus; Neryungri city, “Arctica” information technologies, teaching at nomadic gymnasium school; Ust’-Maysky ulus. schools, pre-school teaching and elementary The forms and methods of the work include teaching for teachers and the community were the following: survey of the workshop participants, run. students and their parents; organization of One of the most interesting trends of the lectures on the native language teaching project work is conducting workshops on native methods, pedagogy and psychology, information language teaching. The participant teachers technologies involved; consultation on the issues showed brilliant samples of classes, different in of choosing and changing profession, provision of their types and forms, involving various creative psychological support, conduction of workshops techniques and intensive teaching methods along and class analysis by Evenki language teachers. with the new information technologies. After The pilot project is planned to be actualized step the class analysis the teachers exchanged their by step within five years. Every year information opinions on the performed work. and methodological materials for Evenki teacher At the scientific and practical conference training will be issued, interim evaluation of “Odukipty” held among students, the reports of Evenki language teaching quality and of teaching 15 students were heard and discussed. work will be done. The soloists of “Gulun” ensemble carried The pilot project is financed from the grant out a series of workshops for the creative groups provided by the DPAFR in the Sakha Republic of secondary schools. A performance “Soling (Yakutia). The first stage of the project has Develche”, set in Evenki language, made under been successfully complete in G.M. Vasilevich the project of the theatre studio of the secondary Secondary School in Zolotinskoe. school No 20 in Khatystyr village of Aldansky The second stage of “Yukte” special project municipal district, was highly appreciated by the on the language education of Evenki, run by the experts. Ethnical music and dance ensembles of DPAFR in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), headed the regional schools
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