teaching heritage language learners
Presenter: Dr. Amanda Lanier
Designed for the CULTR Language Resource Center
Adaptable for Virtual, Hybrid, or Face-to-Face Training
Professional Development for Teachers and Tutors
Teaching Heritage Language Learners: Needs and Networks
This workshop focuses on heritage language learners (HLLs) and the wide variety of programs and educators who strive to meet their needs. HLLs vary widely across languages and instructional contexts, but they can consistently benefit from approaches that bring down the walls of the classroom and encourage self-directed learning as well as community involvement. We will focus on task-based, technology-enriched, and culturally-sensitive approaches to developing these learners’ skills and strategies. As a secondary goal, we will work on establishing a professional network among HL educators in the Southeast to support teacher development and promote sharing of resources long after the end of the workshop.
Workshop Design
This workshop can be offered as a face-to-face professional development event, as a hybrid training, or as a self-directed learning experience. The current structure involves about 12 hours of instructional and interactive time, as well as links to further resources and activities.
It was originally designed as a 3-day training for the CULTR Language Resource Center at Georgia State University in Atlanta.
Content Overview:
About the Presenter
Dr. Amanda Lanier is an applied linguist and teacher educator who focuses on social and cultural aspects of language learning, teacher cognition, and technology in language teaching and learning. She has studied four additional languages and worked with teachers of 15 other language and varieties.
Over the last decade, she has designed and taught a dozen online graduate courses on topics including pedagogical methods, intercultural competence, language acquisition theories, and program development and administration.
Learn more, find teacher resources, and read brief articles on her website: at alanier.msu.domains.