Second Heritage Language Summer Institute:
Developing a Research Base for the Heritage Field
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Schedule
Monday
Afternoon
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Why Are We Here? The Mission of the Institute
Heritage Language Research Priorities Conference Report, UCLA, September 21-23, 2000
Olga Kagan
2:00–2:45 -
Design and Methodology in Language Research
Tania Ionin
3:00–4:15 -
Welcoming Reception
6:00–8:00
Morning
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Check-in and Continental Breakfast
8:30–9:00 -
Official Opening of the Institute
Olga Kagan, Director, NHLRC, UCLA Center for World Languages
9:00–9:05 -
Welcoming Remarks
Diana Sorensen, Dean of Humanities, Harvard
Susan Lively, Assistant Dean of Humanities, Harvard
Jay Jasanoff, Chair, Department of Linguistics, Harvard
9:05–9:20 -
Introduction
Maria Polinsky, Professor, Department of Linguistics, Harvard
Director, NHLRC Summer Research Institute
9:20–10:30 -
Break
10:30–10:45 -
Practical and Theoretical Issues in the Study of Partial
Language Acquisition
William O'Grady
10:45–12:00 - Lunch on your own
12:00–2:00
Tuesday
Afternoon
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Individual Native Language Attrition: The Wider Picture
Antonella Sorace
2:00–3:15 - Coffee and Cookies Break
3:15–3:30 -
Spanish Tense-Aspect and Mood Morphology in L2 Learners and Heritage Speakers: Are There Differences?
Silvina Montrul
3:30–4:45
Morning
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Continental Breakfast
9:00–9:30 -
Arresting Attrition: The Potential of Elementary School Programs
Kim Potowski
9:30–10:00 - Break
10:00–10:15 -
Roundtable: Issues and Questions for Heritage Language Research
Moderator: Kathleen Dillon
10:15–12:00 - Lunch on your own
12:00–2:00
Wednesday
Afternoon
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Agreement and Plural Features in Heritage Arabic Speakers
Elabbas Benmamoun
2:30–3:45 - Coffee and Cookies Break
3:45–4:00 -
Age and the Upper Limits of Attainment in Second and Heritage Languages
David Birdsong
4:00–5:15
Morning
- Continental Breakfast
8:30–9:00 -
What About the Input?
Another Reason Why Heritage Competence Differs So
Jason Rothman
9:00–10:15 - Break
10:15–10:30 -
Online Spoken Language Comprehension in Heritage Speakers: Evidence from Eye Movements
Irina Sekerina
10:30–11:45 - Break
11:45–12:00 -
Cumulative Enhancement Model for Language
Acquisition: Evidence from L2 and L3 Acquisition
Suzanne Flynn
12:00–1:15 - Lunch on your own
1:15–2:30
Thursday
Afternoon
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Perception and Production of Phonetic Segments: A Comparison of Simultaneous Bilinguals, L2 Learners and Heritage Language Learners
Megha Sundara
2:30–3:45 - Coffee and Cookies Break
3:45–4:00 -
Hands-On Lab
4:00–5:30
Morning
- Continental Breakfast
8:30–9:00 -
Cross-Linguistic Influences in the Acquisition of Generic Reference in Spanish and English
Tania Ionin and Silvina Montrul
9:00–10:15 - Break
10:15–10:30 -
The Role of Language Education in Developing Advanced
Literacy in Heritage Languages: A Case Study
of Latino Students of Spanish in California
Cecilia Colombi
10:30–11:45 - Break
11:45–12:00 -
Processing Number Feature in Heritage and Native
Russian Speakers
Ming Xiang
12:00–1:15 - Lunch on your own
1:15–2:30
Friday
Afternoon
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Lunch Served
12:00–1:00 -
Conclusions
Maria Polinsky
1:00–2:00 -
Evaluations
2:00–2:30
Morning
- Continental Breakfast
9:00–9:30 -
Religious Language as Everyday Life: A Linguistic Portrait of the Russian Heritage Speaker from Oregon
Nila Friedberg
9:30–10:00 - Break
10:00–10:15 -
Roundtable: Issues and Questions for Heritage Language Research
Moderator: Maria Polinsky
10:15–12:00
