The conference will focus on heritage/ community language studies as a multi-disciplinary field. Papers, posters, and panels relevant to heritage language research and pedagogy will be presented from the perspective of disciplines that include, but are not limited to, the following:
- anthropology
- education
- applied linguistics
- linguistics
- assessment
- policy
- bilingualism
- psychology
- demographics
- sociology
For any other information please contact nhlrc@international.ucla.edu.
Joshua Fishman Award: Terrence G. Wiley, Ph.D., Center for Applied Linguistics
Keynote speakers for the 2018 conference will be:
Maria Carreira, California State University, Long Beach; Co-Director, NHLRC
Andrew Lynch, The University of Miami; Editor-in-Chief, Heritage Language Journal
Masha Polinsky, University of Maryland, College Park; Co-Director NHLRC