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The Alliance News Flash is our quarterly electronic newsletter that provides updates and news of interest to the heritage language community.
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Read our collection of Heritage Briefs, short papers on topics of interest about heritage languages. Click on each title below to open the PDF document.
- What is a heritage language?
- Who is a heritage language learner?
- What is a heritage language program?
- What languages are taught as heritage languages in the United States?
- Where do community-based heritage language programs find funding?
- What is the difference between indigenous and immigrant heritage languages in the United States?
- How do community-based heritage language programs and two-way immersion programs compare?
- What are the similarities and differences among English language, foreign language, and heritage language education in the United States?
- What is the identity of a heritage language speaker?
- What is language loss?
- Chinese language and language planning in China
- The role of heritage language schools in building a multilingual society
- Indigenous language students from Spanish-speaking countries: Educational approaches
- Challenges and needs of community-based heritage language programs and how they are addressed
- Native American Language Policy
Heritage Schools in the United States
- Arabic heritage language schools in the United States
- Chinese heritage language schools in the United States
- Czech language programs and Czech as a heritage language in the United States
- French heritage language schools in the United States
- German heritage language schools in the United States
- Korean heritage language schools in the United States
- Turkish heritage language schools in the United States
