Podcasts

"What Is a Heritage Speaker?"
Olga Kagan (UCLA, NHLRC)
"What Do You Do, Terry Wiley?"
Terrence Wiley (Arizona State University) on his work
in language policy and education

Interact with NHLRC

How do you define Heritage Speakers?
Take our quiz and find out!

Tell us about your heritage language program:

Heritage Language Survey Report
Take the Heritage Language Learner SurveyTake the Heritage Language Learner Survey

News

Connecticut Passes Law Giving Credit for Community Language Study
Polish school's advocacy instrumental
to law's passage
Language Can Be an Ambiguous Heritage
Harvard Gazette Article on
Maria Polinsky
Please Vote for ACTFL Heritage Special Interest Group

New Resources

The Polinksy Language Lab
Harvard University Linguistics Dept.
Heritage Language Learners:
A Quest for Theory
Presentations, AAAL 2008 Panel
Demographic Tools for Heritage Language Instructors

Events

2009 Call for Papers on Spanish Language
Deadline: October 12, 2008
ACTFL Heritage Language Special Interest Group
1st meeting scheduled for Nov.
ACTFL conference

Recent:

Workshop on Heritage Language Communities
May 16–17, 2008
2008 Heritage Summer Research Institute
June 23–27, 2008

Upcoming:

International Conference on Heritage Languages
October 2009

Now in Paperback

Heritage Language Education:
A New Field Emerging