Teaching Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Heritage Language Students: Curriculum Needs, Materials, and Assessment

Book Overview

This book contributes to building the research knowledge that language teaching professionals need in developing curriculum for the large population of East Asian heritage students (including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) in countries like the United States, Canada, and Australia, where speakers of East Asian languages are among the fastest growing populations. Heritage learners are defined as those who initially acquired certain levels of linguistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805858784
• ISBN13: 9780805858785
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"