NATIONAL HERITAGE LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER at UCLA
My first contact with the National Heritage Language Resource Center was in 2010, when I gave a poster presentation (“Integrating Group and Individual Assignments in the Spanish for Heritage Speakers Class via an Online Databank of Activities”) at the First International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages. I was immediately drawn to the organization and its directors, from whom I knew I could learn a great deal about Heritage Language teaching. I have since returned five times: I applied and was accepted to and received funding for two Research Institutes and two Workshops for Heritage language instructors (both five-days long). I also returned in the spring of 2014 for the Second International Heritage and Community Languages Conference, where I presented a teaching unit and chaired two panels. In the summer of 2014 I attended the teacher workshop as a mentor. My tasks included monitoring and responding to the pre-workshop blog, opening the morning sessions with a discussion of participant submitted questions, and advising participants on their final projects. I have enjoyed every session and returned with ideas and material for my own courses. I hope that my ties with the NHLRC will remain strong.
- 2010 First International Heritage Language Conference
- 2011 National Heritage Language Resource Center Research Institute
- 2012 National Heritage Language Resource Center Research Institute
- 2013 National Heritage Language Resource Center Workshop for Heritage Language Instructors certificate.NHLRC
- 2014 Second International Heritage and Community Languages Conference. From Fragmented to Multifaceted
- 2014-2018 National Heritage Language Resource Center Workshop for Heritage Language Instructors (Mentor)
- 2018 Third International Heritage and Community Languages Conference. “Heritage Meets Heritage: Fostering and Empowering the Heritage Language Learner.”