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<FONT FACE="Helvetica CY"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>A new special issue of Language, Culture and Curriculum (Vol. 21, No. 3, 2008) guest edited by Abdelilah Salim Sehlaoui is entitled “The Language Resource of the USA.” Contents include:<BR>
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Language Learning in the United States of America – Abdelilah Salim Sehlaoui<BR>
Native American Languages as Heritage Mother Tongues – Teresa L. McCarty<BR>
American Sign Language: Acceptance at the University Level – Katrina R. Miller<BR>
The Status of Spanish in the United States – David Barnwell<BR>
Korean as a Foreign Language in the USA: The Instructional Settings – Andrew Sangpil Byon<BR>
Vietnamese Language Education in the United States – Anh Tran<BR>
The National Security Language Initiative and the Teaching of Hindi – Manjula Shinge<BR>
Language Learning, Heritage, and Literacy in the USA: The Case of Arabiv – Abdelilah Salim Sehlaoui<BR>
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Teresa L. McCarty, Ph.D.<BR>
Alice Wiley Snell Professor of Education Policy Studies<BR>
and Professor of Applied Linguistics<BR>
Arizona State University<BR>
Mary Lou Fulton College of Education<BR>
Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies<BR>
Farmer Building 120 - PO Box 872411<BR>
Tempe, AZ 85287-2411<BR>
PH: 480.965.6357 FAX: 480.965-1880<BR>
Teresa.McCarty@asu.edu<BR>
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