Alaa Sarji

After completing an MA in Linguistics at Carleton in 2022 and receiving various opportunities in language documentation, revitalization, and curriculum design, I decided to pursue a PhD in Carleton’s Linguistics, Language Documentation and Revitalization program. My current work observes the importance of curriculum design and assessment in Indigenous revitalization projects and how decolonizing a curriculum can play a vital role in cultivating a holistic learning experience and provide a fertile ground for supportive language acquisition and intergenerational knowledge transmission. Future work looks at working on the creation of phonology-based language material for teaching, learning, and revitalization for an Indigenous language project in northern Alberta.

Areas of Interest

• Curriculum design
• Language Documentation
• Revitalization Phonology