In the News
Wise to Nurture 'Heritage Speakers'
The State of Maryland passed a law creating a Task Force on the Preservation of Heritage Languages. Catherine Ingold, director of University of Maryland's National Foreign Language Center, discusses the law in a June 23, 2008 Baltimore Sun article.
Immersion Experiences
People come to America from around the world...to lose their native languages. As part of a national, UCLA-based effort that aims to reverse language loss, Terrence Wiley of Arizona State University and his graduate students are pointing out the importance of local resources, ethnic media, and community-based language teaching.
Heritage Language Center Featured in LA Times
UCLA's National Heritage Language Resource Center is featured in the November 12, 2007 edition of the LA Times on tactfully interacting with others in a bilingual society.
Heritage Language Center Director Featured in Hoy Newspaper
Olga Kagan, Director of the National Heritage Language Resource Center, commented in a September 13, 2007 article in the Spanish Language newspaper Hoy about a rise since 2000 in the number of US households in which a language other than English is spoken.
Heritage Language Center Featured in the Washington Post
UCLA's National Heritage Language Resource Center is featured in the May 14, 2007 edition of the Washington Post about the growing importance of heritage language education.
Heritage Language Center Featured in NY Times
The efforts and research of the National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA are highlighted in the May 7, 2007, edition of The New York Times.
