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Heritage and Language: Cultural Diversity and Education

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This introductory chapter summarizes all chapters featured in the Handbook of Research and Practice in Heritage Language Education, which is part of the Springer International Handbooks of Education series.

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This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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  1. Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street W, M5S1V6, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Peter Pericles Trifonas

  2. CERES-Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Themistoklis Aravossitas

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Trifonas, P.P., Aravossitas, T. (2017). Heritage and Language: Cultural Diversity and Education. In: Trifonas, P., Aravossitas, T. (eds) Handbook of Research and Practice in Heritage Language Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38893-9_53-1

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