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Hidden Treasures: Heritage Language Communities

Hidden Treasures: Heritage Language Communities. Shuhan C. Wang, Ph.D. Jay Lin, Ph.D. Linda Yang. Chinese! Opportunities and New Initiatives!. Rapidly growing interest! 2,400 schools want to offer AP Chinese. Response: A Deer in the Headlights!.

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Hidden Treasures: Heritage Language Communities

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  1. Hidden Treasures: Heritage Language Communities Shuhan C. Wang, Ph.D. Jay Lin, Ph.D. Linda Yang

  2. Chinese! Opportunities and New Initiatives! Rapidly growing interest! • 2,400 schools want to offer AP Chinese

  3. Response: A Deer in the Headlights! What is being exposed by this sudden fame is the inadequacy of the infrastructure of the Chinese field.

  4. Student Enrollment in Higher Ed, 2002(ADFL, MLA Survey)

  5. Student Enrollment in US Public Secondary Schools (G.7-12) (ACTFL Survey, 2000)

  6. Total Student Enrollment in Chinese

  7. Chinese Language Programs and Teachers

  8. Types of Chinese Heritage Language Schools *Children of Multinational Marriage and Adoption also attend these schools

  9. Hidden Resources for • Students • Teachers • A community of practice in which the Chinese language and culture are live! • Target the FL National Standards 5: Communities

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