Podcasts The following podcasts are dedicated to heritage language research, education, pedagogy, and lived experience. They address issues that the NHLRC has identified through its surveys, or which have been raised by participants in workshops and conferences. If you have any suggestions or requests to address specific issues, please email us at nhlrc@international.ucla.edu. Teaching Grammar to L2 Hindi Heritage Language Learners An interview with Rajiv Rajan on the role of grammar instruction for Heritage second/foreign language learners (HLLs). 14 Nov 2021 · 22 min 52 sec Hindi Heritage Learners' Performance during OPIs: Characteristics and Pedagogical Implications. An interview with Dr. Gabriela Ilieva from New York University about Hindi language learners and their performance during ACTFL OPIs. 8 Nov 2021 · 1 hr 1 min Online Heritage Language Instruction An interview with Dr. Florencia Henshaw, instructor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 27 Oct 2020 · 28 min 49 sec NorCal Girl Scout Troop: Building Hindi Language Proficiency during the Pandemic through Research Informed SLA An interview with Bhavya Singh, an Instructor Technology Specialist with STARTALK, who discusses a project-based learning in a Hindi immersion girl scout troop in Northen California. 18 Oct 2020 · 28 min 49 sec Webinar: Latino Heritage Panel A panel interview with leaders in Spanish as a Heritage Language including Krystal Kurtz, Alejandro Lee, Jazmin Mier, Diego Pascual y Cabo, and Dr. Alegria Ribadeniera. 10 Oct 2020 · 1 hr 21 min Instructed Heritage Language Acquisition An interview with Associate Professor Melissa Bowles from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign about the significance within the emerging field of Instructed Heritage Language Acquisition. 22 Sep 2020 · 33 min 30 sec The Armenian Experience An interview with Michael Abassian, a former UCLA student. 18 Oct 2019 · 1 hr 8 min Community-Based Heritage Language Schools An interview with Dr. Joy Peyton, Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools 2 Oct 2019 · 23 min 12 sec The Global Seal of Biliteracy An interview with Linda Egnatz, the Executive Director of the Global Seal of Biliteracy 1 Oct 2019 · 28 min 20 sec A Heritage Speaker's Experience with Eastern Armenian An interview with John Torosyan (University of Cincinnati). 28 Aug 2019 · 34 min 42 sec Language anxiety when speaking Armenian A follow-up interview with Gevick Safarians (University of California, Los Angeles). 23 Aug 2019 · 34 min 58 sec A Persian-Armenian's Linguistic Experiences An interview with Gevick Safarians (University of California, Los Angeles) 21 Aug 2019 · 35 min 45 sec A Narrowly Defined Learner's Experiences with Eastern Armenian An interview with Anahit Pogossian from the University of California, Los Angeles. 14 Aug 2019 · 46 min 16 sec The nuances of teaching Western Armenian Jesse Arlen returns to discuss his teaching experience with Shushan Karapetian. 6 Aug 2019 · 29 min 44 sec An Armenian's experiences with Armenian An interview with Jesse Arlen (University of California, Los Angeles). 5 Aug 2019 · 36 min 45 sec Research on HL bilingualism and implications for teaching: Focus on Russian An interview with Russian professor Irina Dubinina (Brandeis University). 23 Jul 2019 · 30 min 2 sec Understanding and leveraging broad-definition HL learners' motivations through the linguistic autobiography An interview with graduate student Natalie Nutman (California State University, Long Beach) 12 Jul 2019 · 23 min 21 sec Organizing principles and best practices for mixed classes An interview with Alegría Ribadeneira (Colorado State University, Pubelo) 11 Jul 2019 · 32 min 22 sec
Teaching Grammar to L2 Hindi Heritage Language Learners An interview with Rajiv Rajan on the role of grammar instruction for Heritage second/foreign language learners (HLLs). 14 Nov 2021 · 22 min 52 sec
Hindi Heritage Learners' Performance during OPIs: Characteristics and Pedagogical Implications. An interview with Dr. Gabriela Ilieva from New York University about Hindi language learners and their performance during ACTFL OPIs. 8 Nov 2021 · 1 hr 1 min
Online Heritage Language Instruction An interview with Dr. Florencia Henshaw, instructor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 27 Oct 2020 · 28 min 49 sec
NorCal Girl Scout Troop: Building Hindi Language Proficiency during the Pandemic through Research Informed SLA An interview with Bhavya Singh, an Instructor Technology Specialist with STARTALK, who discusses a project-based learning in a Hindi immersion girl scout troop in Northen California. 18 Oct 2020 · 28 min 49 sec
Webinar: Latino Heritage Panel A panel interview with leaders in Spanish as a Heritage Language including Krystal Kurtz, Alejandro Lee, Jazmin Mier, Diego Pascual y Cabo, and Dr. Alegria Ribadeniera. 10 Oct 2020 · 1 hr 21 min
Instructed Heritage Language Acquisition An interview with Associate Professor Melissa Bowles from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign about the significance within the emerging field of Instructed Heritage Language Acquisition. 22 Sep 2020 · 33 min 30 sec
The Armenian Experience An interview with Michael Abassian, a former UCLA student. 18 Oct 2019 · 1 hr 8 min
Community-Based Heritage Language Schools An interview with Dr. Joy Peyton, Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools 2 Oct 2019 · 23 min 12 sec
The Global Seal of Biliteracy An interview with Linda Egnatz, the Executive Director of the Global Seal of Biliteracy 1 Oct 2019 · 28 min 20 sec
A Heritage Speaker's Experience with Eastern Armenian An interview with John Torosyan (University of Cincinnati). 28 Aug 2019 · 34 min 42 sec
Language anxiety when speaking Armenian A follow-up interview with Gevick Safarians (University of California, Los Angeles). 23 Aug 2019 · 34 min 58 sec
A Persian-Armenian's Linguistic Experiences An interview with Gevick Safarians (University of California, Los Angeles) 21 Aug 2019 · 35 min 45 sec
A Narrowly Defined Learner's Experiences with Eastern Armenian An interview with Anahit Pogossian from the University of California, Los Angeles. 14 Aug 2019 · 46 min 16 sec
The nuances of teaching Western Armenian Jesse Arlen returns to discuss his teaching experience with Shushan Karapetian. 6 Aug 2019 · 29 min 44 sec
An Armenian's experiences with Armenian An interview with Jesse Arlen (University of California, Los Angeles). 5 Aug 2019 · 36 min 45 sec
Research on HL bilingualism and implications for teaching: Focus on Russian An interview with Russian professor Irina Dubinina (Brandeis University). 23 Jul 2019 · 30 min 2 sec
Understanding and leveraging broad-definition HL learners' motivations through the linguistic autobiography An interview with graduate student Natalie Nutman (California State University, Long Beach) 12 Jul 2019 · 23 min 21 sec
Organizing principles and best practices for mixed classes An interview with Alegría Ribadeneira (Colorado State University, Pubelo) 11 Jul 2019 · 32 min 22 sec