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heritage speaker

noun

Definitions

  1. Someone who speaks a heritage language (“a minority language that one acquires as a first…

    Someone who speaks a heritage language (“a minority language that one acquires as a first language but uses and/or is exposed to less later in life”).

    • At UCLA, which is emerging as a leader in the field, separate classes already are available for heritage speakers of Chinese, Korean, Russian and Spanish.
    • Kagan's survey of California college students found many "heritage speakers" wished to study their home language at school to connect with their culture, build their literacy, and strengthen their bonds with relatives.
    • She designed a class for heritage speakers at UCLA that advanced them to high-level coursework in one year by building on what they know rather than harping on their deficiencies.

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No curated loop yet for heritage speaker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA