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Dual Language Education: Historical U.S. Perspectives And Current Practices – Part 2 (January 2020)

Resource Type

Podcast

Originating Organization

OELA

For English learner students, dual language programs offer opportunities to lead with their cultural and linguistic assets, leverage and nurture their full linguistic knowledge and skills, and engage in rigorous academic content learning, all while developing English.

Dual Language Education: Historical U.S. Perspectives And Current Practices – Part 2

Published Year

2020

Originating Organization

OELA

Hispanic Language Heritage: Language Assets For Career Preparedness (January 2021)

Published Year

2021

Resource Type

Podcast

Originating Organization

OELA

Multilingualism opens career opportunities in the public and private sectors and can raise occupational status and earning potential of individuals who are proficient in more than one language.

Dual language programs: Questions of Access in the State of Arizona

Published Year

2020

Resource Type

Journal

Public schools across the country are increasingly working with children who enter schools speaking a language other than English. Using a case study methodology, the authors examined Dual Language Program (DLP) implementation in Arizona, which by law supports English-only education.

Barnacles and Whales/Lapas y Ballenas: Integrating STEM Concepts in Reading Comprehension while Fostering Heritage Language

Published Year

2018

Resource Type

Journal

This article describes a pedagogical approach for enhancing reading comprehension that was employed in a Spanish heritage after-school program with third to fifth graders.

Heritage Languages and Language Policy

Published Year

2018

Resource Type

Brief

This article is part one of a four-part series exploring heritage language theory, policy, and research. This first section is devoted to synthesizing various definitions of heritage language as the term is used in different contexts in the United States and in Europe.

More than the Sum of Its Parts: A Transformative Theory of Biculturalism

Published Year

2017

Resource Type

Journal

With the rise of globalization, culture mixing increasingly occurs not only between groups and individuals belonging to different cultures but also within individuals.

Heritage language development: Connecting the dots

Published Year

2016

Resource Type

Journal

To date, the vast majority of research on the linguistic abilities of heritage speakers has focused on young adults whose heritage language is no longer developing.

Native Teachers' Beliefs and Practices: Choosing Language and Cultural Revitalization over Uniformity and Standardization

Published Year

2011

Resource Type

Journal

The goal of implementing a culture-based curriculum that draws upon indigenous knowledge, traditions, and language is currently in competition with demands placed on schools by high stakes educational reform to implement a standards-based curriculum in schools.

Where American Indian Students Go to School: Enrollment in Seven Central Region States

Published Year

2015

Resource Type

Report

This report provides descriptive information about the location and native language use of schools in the REL Central Region with high enrollment of American Indian students, whether Bureau of Indian Education schools or non-Bureau of Indian Education high-density American Indian schools (schools wi