ELAR Online Training Series in Language Documentation and Archiving

The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) is offering a series of online trainings in Language Documentation and Archiving from March 6 to June 12, 2025. Training participants will meet weekly on Thursdays, live via Zoom, for a webinar and discussion session. They will be expected to complete readings, hands-on practice, and online assessments between sessions. Live attendance at all sessions and the completion of all assignments is required.

Below are the topics that will be covered in the training series:

• Linguistic diversity and language endangerment
• Language Documentation theory & methods
• Understanding archival collections
• Compiling a documentary collection
• Audio and video recording methods
• Transcription, translation, and annotation with ELAN
• Lexicography and dictionary creation with Fieldworks Language Explorer (FLEx)
• Metadata creation and managing data
• Project planning and design
• Grant writing for language documentation projects

The online sessions will take place from 9:00 to 11:00 CET. Readings, hands-on practice, and homework assignments will be made available via a free course website. The language of instruction is English.

The training series has 25 spots available. Applicants planning to work with endangered and under-documented languages (see Hammarström 2019), especially Papuan languages, are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants should meet the criteria listed below:

• Have plans to document an endangered and under-documented language
• Be able to attend all webinar sessions and complete readings and assignments
• Have a sufficient level of spoken and written English to be able to complete assignments
• Have regular access to a Windows computer and a reliable internet connection

The application deadline is January 30th, 2025.