Since 2017, Alima Academy has been diligently creating educational opportunities for the heritage Tatars who live away from the indigenous lands and wish to learn, practice and improve the tongue of their parents and grandparents. Due to complexity of modern realities, the native Tatar language is turning into a foreign language for an increasing number of students whose ancestors were eloquent in Tatar.
The Online Alima Academy tries to tackle the Tatar’s native language crisis by offering online synchronous instructions for the Tatar language learners of all levels, curated courses in Tatar literature, history, culture, and other educational programming. Discovering, supporting and manifesting own identity through keeping the native tongue has been trending. But resources are limited, especially, for the languages of stateless nations.
Alima Academy is the only globally available online educational platform that offers instructions of heritage-turned-foreign Tatar language, Tatar academic courses and curated programs for Tatar learners. This big mission is accompanied with many challenges that are partially tied to finances.