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Tapping a National Resource: Heritage Languages in the United States. ERIC Digest.
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Brecht, Richard D.; Ingold, Catherine W. – 1998
This digest discusses the unprecedented U.S. need for individuals with highly developed competencies in English and one or more other languages and the untapped language resource: heritage language speakers. Sections address the range of proficiencies of heritage language speakers, the fragility of heritage languages, the limitations of current…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Heritage Education, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Tapping a National Resource: Heritage Languages in the United States. ERIC Digest.
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Brecht, Richard D.; Ingold, Catherine W. – 2002
This digest outlines the reasons for and challenges of developing the language skills of heritage language speakers and describes one effort to carry this out, the Heritage Languages Initiative. Specific sections address the following: developing language skills of U.S. residents; the range of language proficiencies of heritage language speakers;…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Native Language Instruction