Thanks to the generous support of the CLS travel fund, I was able to participate at the annual conference of American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) held on Dec.27-30, 2009 in Philadelphia.
Category: Conference Reports
Yale Language Faculty Attend First International Heritage Conference at UCLA
Introduction Heritage/community language education is a developing multidisciplinary field at the intersection of demography, sociology, psychology, neuroscience, education and other disciplines. Research in the field seeks to identify the unique needs of heritage language learners. This research is informing the…
Heritage Conference (cont’d)
First International Conference on Heritage/Community/Languages Sybil Alexandrov Thanks to a CLS Travel Grant, I was able to attend and participate in the First International Conference on Heritage/Community/Languages. The conference, hosted by the National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA from…
Heritage Conference (cont’d)
Heritage Learners’ Motivations, Expectations, and Language Needs: The Case of Post-secondary Chinese and Korean Language Learners Seungja Choi (Presented at the First International Heritage Language Conference, Feb. 19-21, 2010 at NHLRC) Chinese and Korean are two of the critical languages…
Heritage Conference (cont’d)
First International Heritage Language Conference Report from Julia Titus Thanks to the generous support of the CLS, I had a wonderful professional opportunity to participate at the First International Heritage Language Conference held on February 19-21, 2010 in UCLA. This…
Heritage Conference (cont’d)
Report of the NHRC First International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages, February 19-21, 2010 at UCLA Peisong Xu This was indeed a very successful and well organized conference in the field of heritage language teaching. There were many interesting panels and…