Mapping your Language Learning Journey
The NEȾOLṈEW̱ Language Learning Journey Tool (LLTJ) helps you:
See where you are in your language learning
Track your progress over time
Set intentions for the path ahead
Created by & for Indigenous language learners, teachers & practitioners

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Language Learning Journey Tool
Language learning is a lifelong journey. Use this tool to reflect on your growth and track your progress along the way.
Created with input from community members. Grounded in research done from 2023-2025.
The original version, released in 2016 as the NEȾOLṈEW̱ Language Learning Assessment Tool, was designed for mentor-apprentice type programs and since has been adapted for many different learning contexts.
This updated version includes Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels, as well as a blank template so you can translate the tool into your language.
Whether you are a learner, teacher, or program coordinator, the NEȾOLṈEW̱ Language Learning Journey Tool can support and guide your work.
Explore the collaborative research done to revise the NEȾOLṈEW̱ Assessment Tool to support language learning and growth.
Languages thrive by being spoken and heard – may this tool help to keep yours strong.



