Download full textERIC Number: ED424791
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1998-Nov
Pages: 4
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Tapping a National Resource: Heritage Languages in the United States. ERIC Digest.
Brecht, Richard D.; Ingold, Catherine W.
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 heritage language programs, deficits in the infrastructure of heritage language instruction, and the Heritage Language Initiative. (JL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Heritage Education, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Native Language Instruction, Native Speakers, Second Language Instruction, Second Languages
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Publication Type: ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC.
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