Ask ELP
Ask ELP: The Advice Column for Language Champions

Language work is full of big questions. In “Ask ELP,” the ELP team responds to questions from people around the world, and share their insights and advice. 

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Language in Society

Ask ELP: Assertiveness
A reader is feeling shy about speaking their language in public. What does ELP Mentor Alexandra suggest?

Language in the Community

Ask ELP: Conflict Zone
When your community has been displaced by war, how can language revitalization continue? ELP Mentor Pius shares his thoughts.

Language in Society

Language in the Community

Ask ELP: Language and Land
How can we link language revitalization and reconnecting with the land? Amanda, ELP's Director of Storytelling, offers her advice.

Language in Society

Ask ELP: Polyglot Paul
An outsider wants to learn a community's language, but no one is willing to teach him. What does the ELP team suggest?
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