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MIT 24.908 Creole Language and Caribbean Identities, Spring 2017

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Guest lecture (2022): Unmaking and remaking community (part 1)
48:55
Guest lecture (2022): Unmaking and remaking community (part 2)
1:51:55
1. Do "Pidgins" exist?  Do Creole languages come from Pidgins?
9:32
2. How much variation in space and in time through the history of Haitian Creole?
3:34
3. On "Kreyolofoni": Why do we still use the label "Creole" to refer to "Creole languages"?
7:34
4. Post-colonial discourses of power & identity; the making of socio-economic & cultural hierarchies
15:52
5. Language & discourses of power in the making of "authentic" identities in post-colonial soc...
14:39
6. Language, culture, identity and "authenticity" in post-colonial communities
14:23
7. Feedback to students who led class discussion
3:31
8. Against Creole Exceptionalism, Part 1: Creole languages are perfectly normal languages
16:11
9. Against Creole Exceptionalism, Part 2: Creole formation is normal language change
9:25
10. Against Creole Exceptionalism (3): Creole formation is language acquisition plus social factors
9:36
11. "Birth certificates" of languages created via migration & population contact—Kreyòl, E...
9:57
12. A brief & partial history of anti-Creole myths at the core of imperialism—linguistic & oth...
17:05
Meet the Educator
0:57
Brase lide ak edikatè a (Meet the Educator)
0:50
Inspiration for the Course
0:39
Ki sa ki enspire kou a (Inspiration for the Course)
0:40
Rooted in the Personal
2:22
Chache konprann ki moun nou ye: Kesyon etidyan yo sou idantite (Rooted in the Personal)
2:00
Unpacking Misconceptions
3:19
Korije vye lide sou lang kreyòl e sou fòmasyon idantite (Unpacking Misconceptions)
2:31
Sharing with Teachers
2:14
Pataje ak anseyan pou ankouraje chanjman sosyal tou patou (Sharing with Teachers)
1:52
Oral Presentations
1:52
Prezantasyon oral etidyan yo: Konekte analiz abstrè ak esperyans ke yo viv (Oral Presentations)
1:38
Facilitating Meaningful Classroom Discussions
3:25
Entèvyou ak pwofesè a: Fasilite brase lide ki djanm nan sal klas (Facilitating Discussions)
2:18
Using Student Surveys
1:23
Sèvi ak sondaj pami etidyan yo pou n byen kadre ansèyman an selon pwofil etidyan yo (Surveys)
1:30
Real-World Learning Outcomes
2:11
Enpak aprantisaj la nan lavi tou lè jou etidyan yo (Real-World Learning Outcomes)
1:47
A Different Way to View the World
1:41
Advice for Educators: Help Students Read the Word and the World
1:25
Valuing Teachers from the Diaspora
1:38
Key Learning
1:06