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Students from the Faneyåkan Sinipok CHamoru Immersion Program are not only excited to learn and speak CHamoru; they have inspired others to do the same.
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Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, field trips to the sites will be held virtually.
Tenorio said another grant will create content for 10 more historic sites, and they are partnering with Guam PBS who can put the content on TV.
They re also hopeful the songs created for the project can be heard on the radio in the future, he said.
During academic year of 2020-2021, Guam Preservation Trust, with additional funding from Humanities Guåhan, the National Endowment for Humanities and the federal CARES Act will continue this project to invite 10 CHamoru language teachers in collaboration with Guam Preservation Trust staff songwriters/musicians to produce 10 historic places curriculum lesson plans.
Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero announced her administration will be giving more funding to the commission in charge of CHamoru language.
The governor made the announcement during a Tuesday ceremony in which i Kumisión i Fino CHamoru yan i Fina nå guen i Historia yan i Lina la i Tåotao Tåno gave out the latest revision of the 1983 CHamoru Orthography.
Chairwoman Hope Cristobal said standardizing written CHamoru through the updated orthography helps make it easier for language learners. It also will be a big help to CHamoru language teachers as they work to teach young students the language in written form, she said.