The SENĆOŦEN Teaching Grammar is the first CURA project to take shape in the Saanich community. The SENĆOŦEN Teaching Grammar is the base for the sequential priorities and projects outlined. The number of fluent SENĆOŦEN speakers and teachers is extremely limited. Their time and resources are taxed to maximum levels. The rationale of the SENĆOŦEN Teaching Grammar is to organize written materials into units, one unit per month, to coincide with the school year calendar.
The greatest resource any community has is a fluent Elder teacher and mentor. The priority is to organize information into materials that can be taught by competent student/teachers in a contemporary school setting. Many of the concepts described in the SENĆOŦEN Teaching Grammar can be fully understood through immersion, so there are suggested activities for teachers to develop short immersion situations in the classroom. The material may be validated and recognized to a greater degree, due to the partnership between a fluent Elder curriculum writer and a university linguist. The SENĆOŦEN Teaching Grammar is the core project of the 5 outlined Saanich CURA projects.
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