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| Contentid | 10090 |
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| Content Type | 1 |
| Title | South Asian Languages K-12 Research Study |
| Body | From http://www.nclrc.org/desilearn/index.html The current state of language instruction in K-12 for Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Marathi, Nepali, Panjabi, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu in the U.S. presents a clear case of the challenges that the United States faces in building South Asian language expertise to meet economic and national security challenges of the 21st century. There is a need for concerted nationwide efforts between institutions and heritage communities to effectively teach these languages to school-aged children. The George Washington University – in collaboration with The Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages, the South Asian Language Resource Center (SALRC), an external evaluator, and an advisory board of scholars, administrators, and national South Asian heritage community leaders – will develop and execute a three-year study to gather comprehensive data on South Asian language programs (credit-bearing and non-credit bearing) from communities across the U.S. Upon completion of the research study and evaluation of existing resources and an overview of needs, a final report will address the short-term and long-term actions that should be implemented to strengthen South Asian language programs for school-aged learners in the U.S. The report will be published and the findings disseminated in professional language teaching conferences. If you would like to help identify K-12 programs teaching South Asian languages, go to http://www.nclrc.org/desilearn/index.html |
| Source | NCLRC |
| Inputdate | 2009-09-26 06:59:21 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2009-09-26 06:59:21 |
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| Publishdate | 2009-09-28 00:00:00 |
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