Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks In Language And Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Heritage Languages around the World
- Part II Research Approaches to Heritage Languages
- Part III Grammatical Aspects of Heritage Languages
- Part IV Heritage Language Education
- 29 Elementary School Heritage Language Educational Options and Outcomes
- 30 Community-Organized Heritage Language Programs
- 31 Curricular and Programmatic Language Development Opportunities for University-Level Heritage Language Learners
- 32 Instructed Heritage Language Acquisition
- 33 Issues and Practices in Community-Based Experiential Learning for Heritage Speakers in the United States
- 34 Developing Spanish Heritage Language Biliteracy
- 35 Heritage Language Assessment
- 36 Embracing Opportunity in Heritage Language Revitalization
- 37 Heritage Language Planning and Policy
- Index
- References
30 - Community-Organized Heritage Language Programs
from Part IV - Heritage Language Education
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2021
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks In Language And Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Heritage Languages around the World
- Part II Research Approaches to Heritage Languages
- Part III Grammatical Aspects of Heritage Languages
- Part IV Heritage Language Education
- 29 Elementary School Heritage Language Educational Options and Outcomes
- 30 Community-Organized Heritage Language Programs
- 31 Curricular and Programmatic Language Development Opportunities for University-Level Heritage Language Learners
- 32 Instructed Heritage Language Acquisition
- 33 Issues and Practices in Community-Based Experiential Learning for Heritage Speakers in the United States
- 34 Developing Spanish Heritage Language Biliteracy
- 35 Heritage Language Assessment
- 36 Embracing Opportunity in Heritage Language Revitalization
- 37 Heritage Language Planning and Policy
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter presents an overview of the different models of community-organized heritage language programs ranging from Saturday/Sunday Schools and language camps to e-learning platforms that serve diasporic post-immigration communities. Using various examples of currently existing programs from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia, this review identifies characteristics of community-organized heritage language programs that set them apart from other language education programs such as foreign language courses for heritage language speakers and maintenance bilingual programs that exist within the infrastructure of mainstream schooling. It discusses the current state of knowledge that surrounds the functions and roles of community-organized heritage language programs as well as some commonly encountered institutional and operational challenges in such programs. It concludes with a discussion of current work that is being done to support, connect, and promote the interests of community-organized heritage language programs in order to increase their alignment and visibility so that they may more effectively accomplish the goals of heritage language education within and across nations.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics , pp. 777 - 802Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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