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Publication Date: 2018
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The Negotiation of Multilingual Heritage Identity in a Distance Environment: HLA and the Plurilingual Turn
Van Deusen-Scholl, Nelleke
CALICO Journal, v35 n3 p235-256 2018
This article expands upon a plenary presentation I delivered at the 2017 Arizona CALL Conference at Arizona State University. I will discuss some current perspectives in second language acquisition (SLA) which have implications for heritage language acquisition (HLA) and provide some examples from longitudinal data collected among heritage learners who participated in a collaborative program to share less commonly taught languages via videoconferencing among Yale, Columbia, and Cornell. Our findings indicate that many of the heritage language learners (HLLs) had complex multilingual backgrounds which affected both their sense of identity and their motivations for learning the heritage language. I will argue that a more dynamic model of HLA may provide a better understanding of how HLLs negotiate and construct their identities in a plurilingual world.
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Self Concept, Computer Assisted Instruction, Heritage Education, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Videoconferencing, Cooperative Learning, Longitudinal Studies, Cultural Background, Native Speakers, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Program Descriptions, Student Attitudes, Distance Education, Second Language Instruction, College Students
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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