Teaching Heritage and Domestic Language Learners
Instructional Resources for LCTL Teacher Preparation Series
Karen E. Johnson &
Joan Kelly Hall
The Pennsylvania State University
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This instructional resource study draws on the power of interactive multimedia technology and case-based learning to address two significant professional development needs unique to teachers who teach both heritage and domestic language learners in post-secondary language classrooms. These needs are:
- to understand the pedagogical challenges created by the presence of both domestic and heritage language students in their classrooms and
- to use this understanding to create effectual learning communities in language classrooms containing both heritage and domestic language students.
The
instructional resource is organized into five
conceptual strands.
- In Teacher's Voice you can listen to teachers describe their linguistic and cultural background as L2 learners and L2 teachers, their experiences teaching both heritage and domestic learners, and the special pedagogical conditions created by their presence in the language classroom.
- In Students’ Voices, you can hear students describe their linguistic and cultural backgrounds and the pedagogical challenges they face in as language learners.
- Instructional Challenges showcases classroom instructional episodes of the unique challenges faced by teachers who teach both heritage and domestic language learners, supplemented with teachers' own commentary.
- Instructional Strategies showcase instructional episodes of the strategies teachers use to adapt their teaching as they attempt to meet the needs of both heritage and domestic language learners, supplemented with teachers' own commentary.
- Explorations provide tasks and activities for further reflection and exploration on ways to address the challenges of teaching heritage and domestic language learners. Links to wiki and blog tools allow you to interact with other language teachers who are seeking to create effectual learning communities in classrooms containing both heritage and domestic language students.
The design of this Instructional Resource allows for maximum flexibility. You can move through on your pathway of interest, for any length of time, and in whatever manner of detail you wish.
About CALPER
The Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at the Pennsylvania State University is one of fifteen Title VI Language Resource Centers (LRCs) in the United States which are funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Congruent with the charge of the LRCs, CALPER conducts research to inform foreign language pedagogy, it develops language teaching and learning materials and assessment procedures and it provides an array of educational opportunities for language professionals. CALPER's particular focus is to improve the environment of advanced-level foreign language teaching and learning, and assessment.
The development of this instructional resource and its data and materials as well as the materials published in alternative media is based upon work supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education (Title VI, P229A060003). Any opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Education.
Technical
Requirements
This Resource has been designed for use in Mozilla Firefox (download from Mozilla).
Users must:
- enable the Javascript option (menu >> Tools >> Options >> Content) in Firefox, and
- have Quicktime
(download from
Apple) installed in order to view the movies.