Research Catalog

Title

Heritage languages in America : preserving a national resource / Joy Kreeft Peyton, Donald A. Ranard, Scott McGinnis, editors.

Author

National Conference on Heritage Languages in America (1st : 1999 : Long Beach, Calif.)

Publication

McHenry, IL : Center for Applied Linguistics, c2001.

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Additional Authors

• Peyton, Joy Kreeft.
• Ranard, Donald A. (Donald Adam), 1945-
• McGinnis, Scott.

Description

xii, 327 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Linguistic minorities > United States > Congresses
• Language and languages > Study and teaching > United States > Congresses
• Language policy > United States > Congresses
• Language planning > United States > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• Based on papers presented at the First National Conference on Heritage Languages in America, held Oct. 1999, in Long Beach, Calif.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.
• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

INTRODUCTION -- Charting a new course: heritage language education in the United States / Joy Kreeft Peyton [and others] -- DEFINING THE FIELD -- On defining heritage languages and their speakers / Terrence G. Wiley -- Heritage language students: profiles and possibilities / Guadalupe Valdés -- SHAPING THE FIELD -- 300-plus years of heritage language education in the United States / Joshua A. Fishman -- Policy formation and implementation / Terrence G. Wiley -- Professional opportunities of heritage language speakers / María Carreira, Regla Armengol -- EDUCATIONAL ISSUES -- Heritage language communities and schools: challenges and recommendations / Carol J. Compton -- Heritage language students in the K-12 education system / Shuhan C. Wang, Nancy Green -- Heritage languages and higher education: challenges, issues, and needs / Nariyo Kono, Scott McGinnis -- Truly less commonly taught languages and heritage language learners in the United States / Surendra Gambhir -- Preparing teachers to work with heritage language learners / Ana María Schwartz -- RESEARCH AND PRACTICE -- Heritage language education: needed research / Russell N. Campbell, Donna Christian -- Heritage language education: summaries of research and practice -- A CALL TO ACTION -- Heritage language maintenance and development: an agenda for action / Ana Roca -- The genealogy of language organizations and the heritage languages initiative / James E. Alatis.

ISBN

1887744681 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2001047529

OCLC

• 47894361
• SCSB-12493168

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library