NHLRC at UCLA

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.”