| Description |
xiii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Who are our heritage language learners? Identity and biliteracy in heritage language education in the United States / Nancy H. Hornberger and Shuhan C. Wang -- Learning other languages : the case for promoting bilingualism within our educational system / G. Richard Tucker -- Policy activity for heritage languages : connections with representation and citizenship / Joseph Lo Bianco -- Heritage language education in Canada / Patricia A. Duff -- Chinese "dialect" speakers as heritage language learners : a case study / Terrence G. Wiley -- Heritage languages and ideologies of language : unexamined challenges / Guadalupe Valdés, Sonia V. González, Dania López García and Patricio Márquez -- The relevance of bilingual proficiency in U.S. corporate settings / Mary McGroarty and Alfredo Urzúa -- Heritage language narratives / Maria Polinsky -- 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 -- Academic writing proficiency of Russian heritage speakers : a comparative study / Debra Friedman and Olga Kagan -- Stigmatized Spanish inside the classroom and out : a model of language teaching to heritage speakers / Claudia Parodi -- A profile of Japanese heritage learners and individualized curriculum / Masako O. Douglas -- From mirror to compass : the Chinese heritage language education sector in the United States / Scott McGinnis -- Spanish for native speakers education : the state of the field / Joy Kreeft Peyton -- School-based programs for heritage language learners : two-way immersion / Donna Christian -- The Korean/English dual language program in the Los Angeles unified school district / Sung-Ock S. Sohn and Craig C. Merrill -- Enhancing academic language proficiency in a Spanish immersion classroom / Andrew D. Cohen and Tania Gómez -- "Oh, I get it now!" From production to comprehension in second language learning / Merrill Swain and Sharon Lapkin -- Locating and utilizing heritage language resources in the community : an asset-based approach to program design and evaluation / Brian K. Lynch -- Salvaging heritage languages / Terry Kit-Fong Au |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Native language -- Study and teaching.
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Linguistic minorities -- Education.
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Education, Bilingual.
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| Author |
Brinton, Donna.
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Kagan, Olga.
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Bauckus, Susan.
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| LC no. |
2007023610 |
| ISBN |
9780805848038 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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