Rescuing a Dying Language

That's News to Me

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this lesson featuring modified 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

diversity
vanish
rubber
safeguard
exacerbate
urbanization
potential
labor of love
time is of the essence
mother tongue
A spinning paper plane