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Language Hotspots: What (Applied) Linguistics and Education Should Do about Language Endangerment in the Twenty-First Century
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Anderson, Gregory D. S. – Language and Education, 2011
I outline the concept of "Language Hotspots", seeking to direct public and professional awareness of the global language extinction crisis. The loss of a single language leaves the science of linguistics impoverished and yet even few linguists realize that the vast majority of "language families" will likely be lost by the end…
Descriptors: Expertise, Language Maintenance, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries
From Ethnocultural Pride to Promoting the Texas Czech Vernacular: Current Maintenance Efforts and Unexplored Possibilities
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Cope, Lida – Language and Education, 2011
Texas Czech is a product of over a century and a half of contact between Moravian Czech and English in Texas. While Texans of this descent have largely maintained a sense of distinctive ethnic identity and have creatively re-authenticated their ancestors' traditions into a unique Texas Czech culture, their language is now on the verge of…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Participant Observation, Foreign Countries, Slavic Languages
Korean Heritage Language Education in the United States: The Current State, Opportunities, and Possibilities
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Lee, Jin Sook; Shin, Sarah J. – Heritage Language Journal, 2008
The idea for this special issue of the "Heritage Language Journal" on Korean grew out of a symposium on "Bilingualism and Biculturalism in the Korean American Community" at the 2005 International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA) conference in Wisconsin, Madison organized by Jin Sook Lee and Adrienne Lo. The broad participation and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Language Maintenance, Heritage Education, Applied Linguistics