Bibliography of Heritage Language Resources
This brief bibliography lists books and web resources on aspects of heritage language knowledge and education. While several works focus on a single language or family of languages, all works listed have general application.
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American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Spanish for Native Speakers, Volume 1. AATSP Professional Development Series Handbook for Teachers K-16. New York, NY: Harcourt College Publishers, 2000. |
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Andrews, David. Sociocultural Perspectives on Language Change in Diaspora: Soviet Immigrants in the United States (Impact: Studies in Language and Society, 5). Amsterdam/Philidelphia: John Benjamins, 1998. |
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Blyth, Carl (Ed.). Sociolinguistics of Foreign-Language Classrooms. Boston, MA: Heinle, 2002. |
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Brinton, Donna, Olga Kagan, & Susan Bauckus, eds. Heritage Language Education: A New Field Emerging. New York: Routledge, 2008. |
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Kagan, Olga, and Benjamin Rifkin with Susan Bauckus, eds. The Teaching and Learning of Slavic Languages and Cultures, Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers, 2000. (Chapter 6 is on heritage learners.) |
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Kondo-Brown, Kimi (Ed.). Heritage Language Development: Focus on East Asian Immigrants. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins B.V., 2006. |
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Kondo-Brown, Kimi, & James D. Brown, eds. Teaching heritage students in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007. |
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Krashen, Steven., Lucy Tse, and Jeff McQuillan, eds. Heritage Language Development. Culver City, CA: Language Education Associates, 1998. |
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Peyton, Joy Kreeft, Donald A. Ranard, and Scott McGinnis, eds. Heritage Languages in America: Preserving a National Resource. McHenry, IL: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC: CAL, ERIC ; [McHenry, IL] : Delta Systems Co., Inc., 2001. |
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Roca, Ana and M. Cecilia Colombi, eds. Mi Lengua: Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003. |
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Shin, Sarah, Development in Two Languages: Korean Children in America. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters LTD, 2005. |
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Webb, John, and Barbara Miller, eds. Teaching Heritage Learners: Voices from the Classroom. Ed. John Webb and Barbara Miller. New York: ACTFL, 2000. |
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Wiley, Terrance G. Literacy and Language Diversity in the United States. Delta Systems and Center for Applied Linguistics, 1996 and 2005. |
Web Resources
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Roca, A., Marcos, K., and Winke, P. Teaching Spanish to Spanish Speakers: A Center for Applied Linguistics resource. |
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U.S. Census Bureau. Allows for searches of speakers of other languages by geographical region. |
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The Modern Language Association Language Map: A Map of Languages in the United States. Languages spoken in the U.S, based on U.S. Census data; it may be easier to use than the Census Web site. |
Published: Tuesday, November 14, 2006

