[HERITAGE-LIST] Summer institute: 7th Heritage Language Research Institute - APPLICATION DEADLINE 1 APRIL

[Scott G. McGinnis]

The deadline for applications for the Seventh Heritage Language Research Institute, Heritage Speakers and the Advantages of Bilingualism, is April 1. The institute will take place from 17-21 June at the University of Illinois at Chicago; for further information visit our website<https://web-mech.mail.mil/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> where the application page<https://web-mech.mail.mil/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> can also be found.

Applications are invited from language instructors, linguists, and researchers from other fields, including doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows, whose current focus involves heritage language teaching and/or research.

The Institute, sponsored by the UCLA National Heritage Language Resource Center<https://web-mech.mail.mil/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>, will focus on the linguistic, cognitive, and sociocultural advantages enjoyed by heritage speakers. Pedagogical approaches that aim to build on the bilingual knowledge of these speakers will be highlighted, as well as experimental methodologies in language sciences and sociolinguistic aspects pertaining to heritage language speakers.

Sincerely,

Claire Chik
chik at international.ucla.edu<https://web-mech.mail.mil/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>