Abstract
This chapter introduces a model of professional development for pre- and in-service instructors of heritage language learners based on a combination of (a) key linguistic, cultural, and social concepts and skills; (b) a sociocultural theoretical perspective that puts emphasis on creating opportunities for teachers to move toward more theoretically and pedagogically sound practices; and (c) a multiliteracies approach focused on the expansion of learnersʼ resources for making meaning through multiple modes of language use. Our model aims to develop in-depth understanding of instructors’ concrete practical experiences as learners of language in academic environments and/or in the everyday world; of the research and pedagogical principles generated in a range of academic and professional areas; and of social, cultural, and ideological issues related to heritage language education.
Keywords
- Heritage Language (HL)
- Critical Language Education
- Heritage Language Learners (HLLs)
- Multiliteracies Approach
- HL Education
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For further information about these dimensions, see Wang and García (2002), Potowski and Carreira (2004), Brinton et al. (2008), Carreira and Kagan (2011), Kagan and Dillon (2009), Beaudrie (2012), Beaudrie et al. (2014), and Schwartz (2014). More relevant materials can be found in the websites of the NABE Bilingual Multicultural Resource Center (http://www.nabe.org/ResourceCenter); the National Heritage Language Resource Center (http://www.nhlrc.ucla.edu/nhlrc); the Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages (http://www.cal.org/heritage/); the National Capital Language Resource Center (http://nclrc.org/about_teaching/heritage_learners.html); the Center on Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (http://www.carla.umn.edu/); and the Heritage Language Journal (http://www.heritagelanguages.org/).
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Lacorte, M. (2018). Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Heritage Language Teacher Education: A Model for Professional Development. In: Zapata, G., Lacorte, M. (eds) Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Language Learning . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63103-5_8
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