EVENTS

This workshop will provide an opportunity to:
1. Learn from the experts in this developing field;
2. Encourage the sharing of issues and practices among UC campuses;
3. Stimulate new solutions and collaborations;
4. Promote research and curricular development in heritage language acquisition;
5. Explore uses of technology in the attainment of literacy by heritage students;
6. Draft guidelines for a comprehensive program of heritage language learning at the University of California.

A Working Definition of A Heritage Speaker:

"The term "heritage speaker" is used to refer to a student who is raised in a home where a non-English language is spoken, who speaks or merely understands the heritage language, and who is to some degree bilingual in English and the heritage language." (Valdés, G. (2000). Spanish for Native Speakers: AATSP Professional Development Series handbook for teachers K-16 (Vol. 1). New York, NY: Harcourt College Publishers, p. 1.)

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

Day 1. Saturday, June 22

10:00 Registration and Coffee
10:45 Introduction and Welcome
11:00 -12:00 G. Valdés: Teaching Heritage Languages: Principles, Practices, and Future Possibilities

This presentation will offer a brief overview of the linguistic and educational conditions that gave rise to the focus on the teaching of heritage languages with the foreign language profession in the United States. Using the case of Spanish, it will present current basic principles informing heritage language instruction and trace the evolution of these principles and practices over time. Finally, it will focus on the future and identify key challenges facing the development of comprehensive programs of heritage language learning within existing institutional structures.

12:00 - 1:00 Questions and Discussion
1:00 - 2:15 Lunch
2:15 - 3:30 T. Wiley: Policy Issues in Heritage Education
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 5:00 J. Oh: Mental Health, Family Relationships

5:00 Wine and Cheese Reception

Day 2. Sunday, June 23

9:00 -11:00 M. Polinsky: Heritage Speakers' Linguistic Knowledge
11:00 -11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 -12:15 R. Clifford: Assessing the Language Skills of Heritage Learners
There are many reasons for testing the language skills of heritage learners, including screening for job assignments, placing individuals into an instructional program, and planning tailored individualized instruction. This presentation will consider these reasons for testing heritage learners and propose that different assessment approaches should be used for each purpose.

12:15 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 N. Van Deusen-Scholl: Heritage Languages in the UC system:
Identifying the Learners and Reassessing the Pedagogy

This paper will present the results of a survey held during the Spring of 2001 among the eight campuses in the UC system. The survey consisted of thirteen questions divided over three sections: (1) defining heritage students; (2) curriculum; and (3) pedagogy. I will provide a brief overview of the results of the survey, attempt to problematize some of the major issues that were raised, and discuss the implications of the preliminary findings.

2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:45 J. LoBianco: Heritage Languages in Australia
3:45 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:45 Documentary "Growing Up with English Plus", Monash University, Australia

Day 3.Monday, June 24

9:00 -10:00 S. Sohn: Teacher Training and Linguistic Issues
10:00 -10:15 Break
10:15 -12:00 Reports from UC Faculty: H.Ziai, others TBA
12:00 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:00 K. Dillon, Presenter and Discussion Leader: Issues of Heritage Instruction on UC
Campuses/What Goes into the Guidelines

Afternoon: Drafting the Guidelines of UC Heritage Language Instruction

Day 4. Tuesday, June 25

9:00 -10:00 R. Campbell, L. Jensen: Web-Based Reading Programs in Korean and Thai
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:15 V. Pagani: Culture-Based Web Materials
11:15 - 12:15 O. Kagan: A Textbook for Heritage Learners - How Is It Different?
12:15 - 1:30 Lunch

Afternoon: Drafting the Guidelines of UC Heritage Language Instruction

Day 5.Wednesday, June 26

9:00 -12:00 Finishing the Drafts and General Discussion. Future Plans for Intercampus . Collaboration on Heritage Instruction

12:00 Closing lunch

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