Tapping a National Resource [electronic resource] : Heritage Languages in the United States / Richard D. Brecht and Catherine W. Ingold.

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 langu...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Brecht, Richard D.
Corporate Author:	ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics
Other Authors:	Ingold, Catherine W.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, 2002.
Series:	ERIC digest.
Subjects:	Heritage Education. Language Proficiency. Language Skills. Native Language Instruction. Native Speakers. Second Language Instruction. Second Language Learning. Second Languages. Skill Development.