Heritage Languages, Second Languages by Tala Shabaneh

Heritage Languages, Second Languages

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Growing interest in heritage languages in American domestic affairs

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1: Includes heritage languages such as Native American languages, Western Armenian, Yiddish, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean.

2: Motivations for this interest include the preservation of endangered languages, the desire to restore cultural ties, and the exercise of cultural influence on countries of origin

Cultural issues associated with heritage language education

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1: Questions about which culture should be taught (the culture of the country of origin or the culture of the immigrants).

2: Political sensitivity prevents these issues from being addressed clearly.

Teaching the national culture in second language learning

talashabaneh2002 — 2025-01-05 18:48:35 UTC

1: Focuses on teaching the culture of the host country to immigrants as part of the second language learning process.

2: Historically, English as a second language has followed a naturalistic approach that tends to promote full integration into American or British culture.

Changes in second language education in multicultural societies

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1: A shift toward viewing culture as a multidimensional entity as a result of the multicultural nature of industrial societies.

2: Using the memoirs and experiences of multilingual individuals to understand multicultural identity.

The concept of the “third place” in language and culture education

talashabaneh2002 — 2025-01-05 18:50:34 UTC

1: The idea of the “third place” refers to culture as a personal, mobile entity that reflects an individual’s history and changing contexts.

2: Culture in this context is not a place of fixed belonging, but rather a means of belonging that gives meaning to life.

Video

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References

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Abbaspour, E., Nia, M. R., & Zare, J. (2012). How to integrate culture in second language education. Journal of Education and Practice, 3(10), 20-24.

‏Leeman, J., & Showstack, R. (2022). The sociolinguistics of heritage language education. In The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and sociolinguistics (pp. 328-340). Routledge.

Stein-Smith, K. (2020). Our Diverse US Culture, Heritage Languages, and International Education. International Research and Review, 10(1), 16-25.

‏https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3074/307448360003/html/

https://youtu.be/ActWzWajkKc

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