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

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...

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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:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1998.
Series:	ERIC digest.
Subjects:	Elementary Secondary Education. Heritage Education. Higher Education. Language Proficiency. Native Language Instruction. Native Speakers. Second Language Instruction. Second Languages.