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"Heritage language recognition: The multimodal construction of language in a Tibetan-Canadian family’s literacy activities" by Shannon Ward
#HeritageLanguages #LanguageSocialization #Literacy #MetalinguisticKnowledge #Multimodality
doi.org/10.1017/S004...
📚 New book review by Yair Sapir: Heritage Languages in the Digital Age: The Case of Autochthonous Minority Languages in Western Europe.
Read here: doi.org/10.53779/YAS...
#JEMIE #MinorityLanguages #HeritageLanguages #OpenAccess #BookReview
Stronger family relationships, higher self-esteem, and enhanced cognitive development? Why WOULDN'T we promote the use of #HeritageLanguages in school? immigrationinitiative.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...
@lcsleeds.bsky.social #languages #heritagelanguages #homelanguages #leedscityoflanguages
Prof. Schröder makes an interesting point for #Russian and #Sorbian as so called #HeritageLanguages they are offered to both speakers of languages and those who want to learn it ab initio. At a certain level both groups learn together. #CircleU #EuropeanDayofLanguaged
Minority-language shame? Stella Guan shows why emotion - not pop culture - drives fluency & retention. Build an emotional anchor (family, friendships, place) and stick with it.
Tickets: PCTaipei.eventbrite.com
#PolyglotConferenceTaipei #HeritageLanguages #LanguageLearning #Cantonese #LangSky
Fluent elders have been asking for #training in #curriculum development, lesson planning, & classroom management to support the survival of #heritagelanguages & #Indigenouslanguages, so together we designed a program more innovative than any BA/MA.
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"Heritage language recognition: The multimodal construction of language in a Tibetan-Canadian family’s literacy activities" by Shannon Ward
doi.org/10.1017/S004...
#HeritageLanguages #LanguageSocialization #Literacy #MetalinguisticKnowledge #Multimodality
Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools are taking languages, but no mention here that there are far more bilingual and multilingual pupils at these schools. Most would prefer learning their heritage language(s) than the usual pick of French, German or Spanish.
#langsky #heritagelanguages
Photo of Marta Guarda presenting at the conference.
Logo of the conference.
👩🏫 We are proud to participate in the 20th #ICML2025 conference on Minority Languages at the Universidad Externado de Colombia in Bogotà! Our Marta Guarda is talking about validating #heritagelanguages in the mainstream classroom from the lens of epistemic justice.
#minoritylanguages #LANGUAGE
Wonderful to hear about the school-university partnerships celebrating the heritage and raising the aspirations of speakers of Bulgarian, Romanian and Ukrainian (PEEL project) and other langs in the UK! Inspiring talks led by
@ramonagonczol.bsky.social
#heritagelanguages #lingsky #langsky #EDI
Hot off the press! An entire issue of Romanica Cracoviensia on the grammar of Romance #heritagelanguages, featuring 7 short articles including one by Gigi Andriani and myself.
All in #OA! ejournals.eu/en/journal/r...
Could bringing oppressed languages to the stage help save them?
Last night, in Glasgow 🏴 , @neilmcc91.bsky.social and I had a first go at it.
#bilingualism #heritagelanguages #LinguisticDiversity
The teaching of heritage languages should be left to the professionals.
That is why my auntie Clementina has often led my lessons at Glasgow University. She spent her whole life speaking and thus teaching us all kids the wondrous beauty of the Neapolitan language.
#heritagelanguages
I’ve uploaded the recording of my paper “Promoting (multi)#literacy and #ICT in the 21st century #classroom”presented at the #AILA2024 on YT, so everyone outside the AILA platform has access to it #digitalwriting #heritagelanguages #ICT #Turkish #multilingualism #BLinguistik
youtu.be/ZzkbCsP3u8I?...
