Survey of Heritage Language Teaching at UCLA
Appendix 1 -- Table 1: Language Courses Accommodating Heritage Students, UCLA, Fall 1999
Language |
Courses with HL students |
Total HL enrolment fall '99 |
Placement |
Specific HL material |
Key Problems and issues |
Arabic |
Colloquial Egyptian Elementary HL Intermed. HL (R&W) Intermed. HL (S) Advanced Modern Business |
25 | Generally Self-placement Monitored by faculty |
Teacher-generated material only | Dialects Content negotiation, cultural, religious, modern or classical |
Chinese |
Elementary HL (S) Elementary HL (R&W) Intermed. HL (R&W) Intermed. HL (S) Advanced Modern Business |
200-250 | Personal profiles | Teacher-generated R material only | Designing materials: time and effort |
Hebrew |
Modern Hebrew Poetry & Prose & accommodated in regular classes, esp.Advanced |
17 | Oral and written tests | Teacher-generated material only | Range of levels Finding suitable materials |
Hind |
Accommodated in regular classes, egIntermediate Independent guided study at advanced level |
25 | Oral and written tests | Teacher-generated material only | Range of levels Finding suitable materials Resources: Funding, Space |
Indonesian |
Accommodated in regular classes: Introductory in '99 | 1-3 | Oral and written tests | (new course) | |
Japanese |
Intermed. HL (R&W) Accommodated in Advanced courses |
15 | Oral and written tests | Internet & individual-ized material | Time spent in preparing individualized materials |
Korean |
Elementary HL (S)Elementary HL (R&W)Intermed. HL (R&W)Intermed. HL (S)Advanced courses | 200-250 | Oral and written tests | Korean Language & Education vols. 1& 2 | Range of levels Funding Training TA's Placement tests |
Persian |
Accelerated Elementary Accelerated Intermed. Advanced course |
24 | Student profiling | Readers & exercises, writing tools | Content: negotiating student needs And many others |
Polish |
Advanced course | 11 | Usually oral assessment | Writing, spelling, anglicisms | |
Russian |
Literacy in Russian |
81 | Textbook, Russian for Russians | ||
Spanish |
Composition for Spanish speakers & Accommodated in advanced courses in literature, composition etc |
30 plus | A range of diagnostic tests and counselling | Textbook: Parodi & CDRom | Placement testing Teaching strategies |
Tagalog |
Accommodated in regular classes: Introductory Intermediate | 34 | Oral and written tests | Teacher-generated material | Defining and placing heritage speakers |
Thai |
Accommodated in regular classes:Introductory 3 Intermediate | 10-12 | Oral and written tests | Teacher-generated material | Range of student levelsLack of suitable materials |
Ukrainian |
Accommodated in regular classes: | 2 | Oral test | Audio tapes | Range of levels |
Vietnamese |
Accommodated in regular classes: Introductory Intermediate | 57 | Oral and written tests | Audiovisual material: computer programs, Reading passages | Need for resources |
This survey project, conducted Fall 1999, was produced under the auspices of the Language Resource Center, by Helen Reid, in collaboration with Olga Kagan, Chairperson of the Foreign Language Resource Committee.
