Startalk/NHLRC Summer Workshop: Teaching Heritage Languages -- JUNE 1 APPLICATION DEADLINE

[Susan Bauckus]

Heritage Language Teacher Workshop
July 20-24, 2009
UCLA Campus 

The workshop is sponsored by Startalk and the National Heritage Language Resource Center. Instructors from K-16 programs and community schools are invited to apply.

The Startalk sponsored languages are: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu. Additional spaces are available for teachers of other less commonly taught languages.

This workshop is designed to help language teachers face the challenge of teaching heritage language students. It will prepare them to understand the differences between teaching L2 and HL learners, the issues involved in heritage language teaching, and how to address them. Participants will explore ways to design their own curriculum and select materials and assessment tools. They will learn how to involve students as ACTIVE participants in the learning process. The five Cs recommendations from the National Standards will be implemented throughout the workshop.

The workshop will include information on how to research a heritage language community and create a community-based program. A grasp of demographic data will give teachers an advantage in both teaching and promoting heritage language instruction in their own departments, institutions, and districts. The workshop will address these issues to better prepare teachers for the classroom.

The workshop hopes to develop a cohort of language teachers who will be leaders and mentors in the field of heritage language instruction.

The workshop's goals are:
1.    Understand the differences between L2 and HL teaching, including assessment
2.    Set goals for HL instruction that differ from objectives for L2 programs
3.    Design a curriculum that takes students' initial proficiencies into account.
4.    Incorporate knowledge of the community including use of demographic tools in curricular design and materials development
5. Incorporate the five Cs from the National Standards into teaching.

There is no charge for the workshop. A limited number of stipends will be available to cover travel and accomodations for out of state participants.

Apply on line at:
http://www.international.ucla.edu/languages/programs/startalkworkshop/ 

Applications will be accepted through June 1, 2009. Notifications will be emailed by June 10, 2009.

For additional information, contact kathryn at humnet.ucla.edu 

For information on Startalk, see http://www.startalk.umd.edu/

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Susan Bauckus
UCLA Center for World Languages
www.international.ucla.edu/languages
Heritage Language Journal
www.heritagelanguages.org
Language Materials Project
www.lmp.ucla.edu
LA Language World
www.lalamag.ucla.edu

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