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Heritage Language EducationHeritage Language Education: A New Field Emerging

Edited by Donna Brinton, Olga Kagan, Susan Bauckus

Published by Routledge

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.

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Table of Contents

Preface
ix
An Introduction
1
Who Are Our Heritage Language Learners? Identity and Biliteracy in Heritage Language Education in the United States
NANCY H. HORNBERGER AND SHUHAN C. WANG
3
Part I
Heritage Speakers: Demographics, Policy, and Identity
2
Learning Other Languages: The Case for Promoting Bilingualism within our Educational System
G. RICHARD TUCKER
39
3
Policy Activity for Heritage Languages: Connections with Representation and Citizenship
JOSEPH LO BIANCO
53
4
Heritage Language Education in Canada
PATRICIA A. DUFF
71
5
Chinese "Dialect" Speakers as Heritage Language Learners: A Case Study
TERRENCE G. WILEY
91
6
Heritage Languages and Ideologies of Language: Unexamined Challenges
GUADALUPE VALDÉS, SONIA V. GONZÁLEZ,
DANIA LÓPEZ GARCÍa, AND PATRICIO MÁQUEZ
107
7
The Relevance of Bilingual Proficiency in U.S. Corporate Settings
MARY MCGROARTY AND ALFREDO URZÚA
131
Part II
Heritage Speaker Profiles and Needs Analysis
8
Heritage Language Narratives
MARIA POLINKSY
149
9
Prior Language-Learning Experience and Variation in the Linguistic Profiles of Advanced English-Speaking Learners of Japanese
KAZUE KANNO, TOMOMI HASEGAWA, KEIKO IKEDA, YASUKO ITO, AND MICHAEL H. LONG
165
10
Academic Writing Proficiency of Russian Heritage Speakers: A Comparative Study
DEBRA FRIEDMAN AND OLGA KAGAN
181
11
Stigmatized Spanish Inside the Classroom and Out: A Model of Language Teaching to Heritage Speakers
CLAUDIA PARODI
199
12
A Profile of Japanese Heritage Learners and Individualized Curriculum
MASAKO O. DOUGLAS
215
Part III
Program Development and Evaluation
13
From Mirror to Compass: The Chinese Heritage Language Education Sector in the United States
SCOTT MCGINNIS
229
14
Spanish for Native Speakers Education: The State of the Field
JOY KREEFT PEYTON
243
15
School-Based Programs for Heritage Language Learners: Two-Way Immersion
DONNA CHRISTIAN
257
16
The Korean/English Dual Language Program in the Los Angeles Unified School District
SUNG-OCK S. SOHN AND CRAIG C. MERRILL
269
17
Enhancing Academic Language Proficiency in a Spanish Immersion Classroom
ANDREW D. COHEN AND TANIA GÓMEZ
289
18
"Oh, I Get It Now!" From Production to Comprehension in Second Language Learning
MERRILL SWAIN AND SHARON LAPKIN
301
19
Locating and Utilizing Heritage Language Resources in the Community: An Asset-Based Approach to Program Design and Evaluation
BRIAN K. LYNCH
321
In Conclusion
20
Salvaging Heritage Languages
TERRY KIT-FONG AU
337
About the Editors and Contributors
353
Index
363

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