Heritage Language Learners in Mixed University Classes: Language Skills, Attitudes, and Implications for Curriculum Development

2017 ◽  
pp. 75-113
Author(s):  
Marianthi Oikonomakou ◽  
Themistoklis Aravossitas ◽  
Eleni Skourtou
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Heritage Language Learners

"There is no space for being German": Portraits of Willing and Reluctant Heritage Language Learners of German

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roswita Dressler
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Heritage Language Learners ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Language Identity ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
German Speaking Country

Some heritage language learners (HLLs) are comfortable identifying themselves as such, while others are decidedly reluctant to adopt this term (Piño & Piño, 2000). HLLs in this paper are defined as those students having a parent or grandparent who speaks German or those who have spent a significant part of their childhood in a German-speaking country (as suggested in Beaudrie & Ducar, 2005, p. 13). This paper highlights case studies of six HLLs of German at the post-secondary level who are participants in a motivation study (Dressler, 2008). Three students are ‘willing’ HLLs. The additional three case studies are of students that I will call ‘reluctant’ HLLs of German, and this paper explores the reasons behind their reluctance and the components of self-identification, which include language identity (Block, 2007; Pierce, 1995); language expertise; affiliation and inheritance (Leung, Harris, & Rampton, 1997); cultural artifacts (Bartlett, 2007) and positioning (Block, 2007).

scholarly journals Salinlahi III: An Intelligent Tutoring System for Filipino Heritage Language Learners

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Vincent Regalado ◽  
Michael Louie Boñon ◽  
Nadine Chua ◽  
Rene Rose Piñera ◽  
Shannen Rose Dela Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Language Learners ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Intelligent Tutoring ◽  
Intelligent Tutoring System ◽  
Heritage Language Learners ◽  
Tutoring System
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