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29 - Elementary School Heritage Language Educational Options and Outcomes

from Part IV - Heritage Language Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2021

By
Kim Potowski
Edited by
Silvina Montrul  and
Maria Polinsky
Silvina Montrul
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Maria Polinsky
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park
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Summary

Speakers of heritage languages by definition are raised in locations where their home language is not used in wider society. This means that they are educated in the societally dominant language, and typically lack opportunities for formal education in their heritage language. This chapter examines the relatively fortunate circumstance in which heritage speakers are able to participate in early schooling programs taught in their heritage language. The United States context and Spanish as a heritage language are arguably the most prevalent and hence most researched programs, and thus will be the focus of the chapter. Contexts in different parts of the world are described where possible.

Keywords

English language learnersbilingual programsdual immersiontransitional bilingualismSpanish in the United States
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The Cambridge Handbook of Heritage Languages and Linguistics , pp. 761 - 776
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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