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Identity and Heritage Language Learning

Detrimental Factors to Heritage language learning.

I would like to find a citation for the first sentence/definition of heritage language learning. It would also be beneficial to find in which countries the native language is linked to the heritage language, or if this is the case.

Heritage language learning often ends after 2 to 3 generations in the United States, and this can be due to a number of factors. This could be because of rules against speaking other languages in the classroom, or limited resources in the heritage languages. (Yilmaz 198) It could also be from parent’s discouraging the use of the language so they will better know the society language, or not encouraging use of both languages at home. (Yilmaz 105,197) It would be beneficial to discover other reasons that heritage learning ends, as well as what may motivate people to begin learning their native language again.

Yilmaz, T. (2016). The motivational factors of heritage language learning in immigrant bilingualism. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 6(3), 191-200. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/IJSSH.2016.V6.642

Some other helpful sources:

He, A. W. (2010). The heart of heritage: Sociocultural dimensions of heritage language learning. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 30, 66-82. doi:http://dx.doi.org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/10.1017/S0267190510000073

Comanaru, R. & Noels, K. A. "Self-Determination, Motivation, and the Learning of Chinese as a Heritage Language." The Canadian Modern Language Review / La revue canadienne des langues vivantes, vol. 66 no. 1, 2009, pp. 131-158. Project MUSE, muse.jhu.edu/article/362170.

Shin, S. J. (2010). “What About Me? I'm Not Like Chinese But I'm Not Like American”: Heritage-Language Learning and Identity of Mixed-Heritage Adults. Journal Of Language, Identity & Education, 9(3), 203-219. doi:10.1080/15348458.2010.486277