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Course name
Race against Time Language Revitalization
Institution
UNC Chapel Hill
Instructor
Misha Becker
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Linguistics
Course dates
2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-06-19 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


This course introduces students to the causes and contexts of language endangerment, and the many sides of the process of language revitalization. Topics to be covered include: how language endangerment is assessed, language and thought, language attitudes and social prestige, bilingual education and language policy/planning, and case studies of a number of endangered languages from across the world.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Moorem24 Maori language revival
Krismarl Saterland Frisian language
Tnicoleb Blackfoot language
Allen.Hughes Arem language
Gupshaw Scottish Gaelic
Msd1996 Khoisan languages
Vickytsakas Arvanitika
Ghosborn Status of the Irish language

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 17 May 2017   |   Thursday, 18 May 2017   |   Friday, 19 May 2017
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project

Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 22 May 2017   |   Tuesday, 23 May 2017   |   Wednesday, 24 May 2017   |   Thursday, 25 May 2017   |   Friday, 26 May 2017
Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
  • Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
  • It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
  • When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 5 June 2017   |   Tuesday, 6 June 2017   |   Wednesday, 7 June 2017   |   Thursday, 8 June 2017   |   Friday, 9 June 2017

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 12 June 2017   |   Tuesday, 13 June 2017   |   Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Assignment - Add to an article

Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:

  • Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
  • The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.