Rescuing a Dying Language

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring content from The Washington Post, students read about how a Peruvian linguist is working to preserve Iskonawa, an Indigenous language, by collaborating with its last speaker. This lesson includes photos, comprehension and discussion questions, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
language
Peru
Indigenous
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

postdoctoral
meticulously
incessantly
onomatopoeic
covet
plummet
sneer
posterity
functionary
cognition
capsizing
spellbound
A spinning paper plane