Our catch phrase is on its way.

Dear Fellow Earthlings,

As “G” (Installment 137) and I develop the gaënö’ (Jingles for the Seneca language – See Installment 126), we have to come up with terminology in Seneca that matches those terms used to describe various Jingles concepts in English. One such pair of terms very essential in Jingles theory are the terms regular mode and TRAINING MODE. The term regular mode refers to the way a language is produced by native speakers, with its inventory of gestures and how they combine together when the language is spoken and heard.

The term TRAINING MODE, on the other hand, refers to an artificial means of helping the learner of a given language reach kerm goal of nativelike speech motor skills employment expertise by having the learner jump through various hoops that will foster the development of synergies that end up working dynamically to produce nativelike speech production and listening comprehension levels of expertise.

For the past few weeks “G” and I have been working on the manual that gaënö’ instructors will be using as they develop the Seneca language speech motor skills of their students. “G”’s skills as a “Jingler” and as a gaënö’ instructor have been developing at a remarkably quick pace – but, due to her sincerity and professionalism she had refrained from coining Seneca language equivalents for the English terms “TRAINING MODE” and “regular mode” until today. Finally, however, she has come up with the terms. We will be referring to the “regular mode” as “sadi’staëh“ (meaning “You speak.“) and the TRAINING MODE AS “sadeyësta’ “ (meaning “You are learning“).

Steve Walker, Earthsaver and Jingles Creator

© 2013 Steve Walker, The Jingles-The Japan Foundation for English Pronunciation, Summit Enterprises.