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Kari A. B. Chew; Lokosh; Juliet Morgan – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2022
Drawing on the authors' experiences developing Rosetta Stone Chickasaw (RSC), an asynchronous online Chikashshanompa' (Chickasaw language) course, this article shares examples of how relationality is enacted in online Indigenous language learning. We discuss the RSC interface and ways that it created opportunities and barriers to centering…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction, American Indian Languages, Second Language Learning
Riestenberg, Katherine J. – Language Learning Journal, 2020
Many theoretical models of second or additional language learning posit a crucial role for meaningful social interaction in the target language. However, it is not always clear to language educators how to create such opportunities or what counts as meaningful interaction. This can become even more difficult when the target language is an…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, American Indian Languages, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Luo, Han; Li, Yu; Li, Ming-Ying – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
This study reports the results of a national survey of Chinese as a heritage language (CHL) education in U.S. colleges and universities. Conducted during a period of 13 months, the project included an initial survey that elicited general information such as program structure, course offerings, and materials. Of the 619 institutions to which the…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Hamman-Ortiz, Laura; Lichon, Katy; Roach, Clare; Harty, Patricia Salazar – Journal of Catholic Education, 2022
The purpose of this article is two-fold. First, we seek to make a case for the promise of dual language programs to enhance Catholic schooling and enrich educational opportunities for Latinx students. Second, we offer insights into the current landscape of Catholic schools with dual language programs, drawing upon data from a national survey…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Catholic Schools, Hispanic American Students, English (Second Language)
Xu, Jianwei; Huang, Hui – Multicultural Education Review, 2019
This paper examines the ways in which authentic conversation provides a sociocultural resource for developing the cultural competence of learners of Chinese as a heritage language in Australia. It draws upon language socialization as a theoretical framework to study the interconnected processes of linguistic and cultural learning in interactional…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Sociocultural Patterns, Cultural Awareness, Second Language Learning
Kim, Hyunah; Burton, Jennifer Lynn; Ahmed, Tasneem; Bale, Jeff – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
Building on the recent studies revealing that official bilingualism policies in Canada are often used to reinforce a specific racial and linguistic order, this paper addresses the impact of these federal-level policies on education policies at the provincial level. From the policy genealogy perspective, we examine Ontario's Heritage Languages…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Bilingualism, Official Languages, Educational Policy
Baïdak, Nathalie; Noorani, Sogol – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2019
This Eurydice report provides a short overview of policy efforts made across Europe in support of the teaching of regional or minority languages in schools. It firstly presents the reference made to regional or minority languages by top-level education authorities in official documents. It then illustrates some of the policies and measures related…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language Instruction
Berthele, Raphael; Vanhove, Jan – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
This article reports on an investigation into the bilingual development of literacy skills in Portuguese heritage language speakers in Switzerland in which we sought to put Cummins' linguistic interdependence hypothesis to the test. Three predictions were derived from this hypothesis: (1) Literacy skill levels in one of the bilinguals' languages…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Literacy, Portuguese, French
Bale, Jeff; Kawaguchi, Mayo – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2020
This paper examines the intersection of heritage-language education advocacy with anti-racist activism in the 1970s and 1980s in Toronto. The province of Ontario initiated the Heritage Languages Program in 1977. By focusing on discontinuities in the policy's implementation, the paper identifies multiple strategies that Black anti-racist activists…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Educational Policy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Holguín Mendoza, Claudia – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2018
Experts in the field have advocated for critical approaches to Spanish heritage language (HL) curricula in which learners' proficiency in the language varieties that they bring from their homes and communities is considered an asset and culturally valuable knowledge. The proposal described here focuses on the adoption of a programmatic…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement
Bergey, Rebecca; August, Diane; Baird, Ashley Simpson; Martin, Alejandra; LeVangie, Samantha; Carbuccia-Abbott, Maryan – NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Dual language learners are a growing population in early learning and care settings. Young DLLs have the potential to develop proficiency in two languages when provided adequate supports; however, most teachers of young DLLs feel inadequately prepared to support DLLs. Cultivating Oral Language and Literacy Talent in Students (COLLTS) is an…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Bilingualism, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
Dubiner, Deborah; Deeb, Inas; Schwartz, Mila – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2018
This study was conducted within the context of bilingual Arabic-Hebrew medium preschools in Israel which were established to incorporate instruction in the native languages of both majority and minority children in the classroom. Bilingual education in various settings produces a wide variety of outcomes in terms of language proficiency, cultural…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Change Agents, Teacher Attitudes, Semitic Languages
Lang, Nora W. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2019
This study investigated structural features of a newcomer program housed within a comprehensive high school and language practices among newcomer students and their teachers. Findings indicate efforts to provide newcomer students with "safe spaces," opportunities for language and literacy development in English and Spanish, and access to…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Code Switching (Language)
Leonard, Danyika; Vitrella, Alex; Yang, KaYing – Education Evolving, 2020
In the United States, English is not the official language but the dominant one. But for many students, the dominance of English instruction has come at the expense of losing their first language. For much of our history of schooling in the United States, students have been forced to leave their heritage or home languages at the door when they…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Heritage Education, Language Skill Attrition, English (Second Language)
Siekmann, Sabine; Webster, Joan Parker; Samson, Sally Angass'aq; Moses, Catherine Keggutailnguq – Cogent Education, 2017
Culturally Responsive Education has been widely proposed as a mechanism to improve the academic achievement of minority and Indigenous populations. Instruction in heritage languages has been shown to produce desirable outcomes both on linguistic and academic measures. However, culturally responsive and immersion instruction faces a number of…
Descriptors: Material Development, Culturally Relevant Education, Academic Achievement, Heritage Education