Culture/Language Acquisition PRACTICUM

"CLA" is short for Culture/Language Acquisition which is the process of learning a new culture and language through building relationships with those who are within the culture and language that I'm learning. For me, the culture and language I will be learning for the next 6 weeks is Naso. Naso is a tribe located in Panama (see below for a map of Panama and Panama's flag). Since I obviously can't fly to Panama to learn Naso for 6 weeks; my language helpers will be Simon and Lavonne Challinor, who are the missionaries who have lived among the Naso people for the last 10 years. So for the next 6 weeks I will be using certain techniques that I have learned in class and building relationships with my language helpers to acquire the Naso culture and language. The purpose of this practicum is to practice what I have learned in class so that I will know how to go about learning a new culture and language when I go overseas.
*Thank you for your prayers during this time:-).