Heritage Students in a World Language Classroom: An Investigation in Defining, Differentiating, and Challenges.

This investigation focuses on heritage students in a world language classroom in the US. The research compiled focuses on how to define heritage students, differentiate classes for them, and describe the challenges posted in the classroom. This website is an approachable and easy to comprehend tool available for teachers to obtain information surrounding heritage students that they can apply to their classroom. Experience with heritage speaking students varies among world language teachers, therefore, having a more condensed readable version of research permits better usage in the classroom. The website will reference texts such as “Heritage Language in America: Preserving a national resource, Language in Education Theory and Practice” by Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington D.C. The primary goal is to educate fellow world language teachers to benefit the heritage students the most.