ABSTRACT
"… focuses on issues at the forefront of heritage language teaching and research. Its state-of-the-art presentation will make this volume a standard reference book for investigators, teachers, and students. It will also generate further research and discussion, thereby advancing the field."
María Carreira, California State University – Long Beach, United States
"In our multilingual and multicultural society there is an undeniable need to address issues of bilingualism, language maintenance, literacy development, and language policy. The subject of this book is timely…. It has potential to make a truly significant contribution to the field."
María Cecilia Colombi, University of California – Davis, United States
This volume presents a multidisciplinary perspective on teaching heritage language learners. Contributors from theoretical and applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psychology, educational policy, and pedagogy specialists explore policy and societal issues, present linguistic case studies, and discuss curricular issues, offering both research and hands-on innovation.
- The term "heritage language speaker" refers to an individual exposed to a language spoken at home but who is educated primarily in English.
Research and curriculum design in heritage language education is just beginning. Heritage language pedagogy, including research associated with the attrition, maintenance, and growth of heritage language proficiency, is rapidly becoming a field in its own right within foreign language education. This book fills a current gap in both theory and pedagogy in this emerging field. It is a significant contribution to the goals of formulating theory, developing informed classroom practices, and creating enlightened programs for students who bring home-language knowledge into the classroom.
Heritage Language Education: A New Field Emerging is dedicated to Professor Russell Campbell (1927-2003), who was instrumental in advocating for the creation of the field of heritage language education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
An Introduction
chapter 1|34 pages
Who Are Our Heritage Language Learners?
part I|2 pages
Heritage Speakers
chapter 2|16 pages
Learning Other Languages
chapter 3|18 pages
Policy Activity for Heritage Languages
part II|2 pages
Heritage Speaker Profiles and Needs Analysis
chapter 11|16 pages
Stigmatized Spanish Inside the Classroom and Out
part III|2 pages
Program Development and Evaluation
chapter 13|14 pages
From Mirror to Compass
chapter 19|14 pages
Locating and Utilizing Heritage Language Resources in the Community
part |2 pages
In Conclusion