IDEAS+-+Heritage

Here is a space to share ideas about how to support the development of literacy in heritage languages.
In the spirit of wikis, here is the definition from Wikipedia:
 * Heritage language learning** or heritage language acquisition is the act of [|learning a language] by someone from the family heritage. According to a generally accepted definition by Valdés[|[][|1][|]] (2000), heritage language is the language someone learns at home as a child which is a minority language in society, but because of growing up in a dominant language, the speaker seems to be more competent in the latter and feels more comfortable to communicate in that language. Polinsky & Kagan [|[][|2][|]](2007) label it as a continuum that ranges from fluent speakers to barely speaking individuals of the home language. In some countries or cultures where they determine one's mother tongue by the ethnic group, a //heritage language// would be linked to //native language.//

IDEAS:

 * ~ Idea for Supporting Heritage Language Literacy Development ||~ Context/Setting/Program ||~ Rationale ||~ Informational Resources ||~ Material Resources ||~ Notes ||

** RESOURCES: **

 * ~ Resource for Heritage Language Instruction ||~ Description ||~ Notes ||
 * [|Kim Potowski's Website] || UIC Prof who special interests include heritage language learners ||  ||