MIT scholar, and advocate of native-language instruction, backs linguistic change. by Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office July 20, 2015 This month, Haiti’s government announced a new policy to educate students in Kreyòl, the native language of most Haitians, rather than French, the language traditionally used in schools. Introducing Kreyòl-language [...]
MIT scholar, and advocate of native-language instruction, backs linguistic change. by Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office July 20, 2015 This month, Haiti’s government announced a new policy to educate students in Kreyòl, the native language of most Haitians, rather than French, the language traditionally used in schools. Introducing Kreyòl-language [...]
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla., June 22, 2015 | PRNewswire The first ever Kreyòl (Haitian Creole) alphabet songs as educational videos have been created and made available online, it was announced today. The groundbreaking project is the result of collaboration between Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Linguistics Professor Michel DeGraff and recognized [...]
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(Video is in Kreyòl) Minister Nesmy Manigat (Haiti's Ministry of National Education and Professional Formaiton) talks about the future of education in Haiti and the Ministry's collaboration with the MIT-Haiti Initiative. Kendy Vérilus (Verilux Films) conducted the interview on February 22, 2015.
(Video is in Kreyòl) Professor Guerda Jean-Guillaume talks about her experience as a mathematics teacher in the MIT-Haiti Initiative. MIT Professor Haynes Miller http://www-math.mit.edu/~hrm and his team in MIT's Department of Mathematics http://math.mit.edu have developed a software package called "Mathlets" http://mathlets.org , some of which have been translated by Pierre [...]