• Setting the Scene—History of Language

                  What is Language?
                  Timeline—When Did Language Start?
                  Beginning Codes of Language
                  Historical Importance

• Importance of Language to a Culture

                  Culture vs. Language
                  Customs and Traditions
                  Expressing Values and Beliefs
                  Interview 1: Interview with Greg Wilson by Tenisha
                  Interview Question 2: What Do You Love About Languages?

• Global Issues Affecting Language

                  Colonization
                        India by the British
                        Africa with Border Changes
                  Globalization
                        Language Death/Hotspots
                        Poem—Ballad for a Bedridden Lady
                  Interview Question 3: Sustaining Languages
                  Interview Question 4: Conversations with Native Speakers

• What is Being Done and Possible Solutions

                  Who are the Linguists
                  Actions of Governments
                  Global Awareness
                  Interview Question 5: What Can Be Done?

• Keeping Languages Alive

            Language Education
            Interactive—Idioms
            Pop culture—Leet Speak
            Manufactured Languages/Esperanto
            Unique Codes
            Interview Question 6: Examples of Language Use
            Interview Question 7: Ipod Project

• Why Do We Care?           

            Poem--A Mother Tongue Was I
            Why We Care
            Interview Question 8: Telisha—Why I care
           
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