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| Title | Fostering Heritage Language Development |
| Body | Highline Public Schools (Seattle, WA) has developed aprogram for students and a set of videos designed tomotivate students, especially heritage language speakers, to maintain and develop their skills in languages other than English. The series is called Speak YOUR Languages, and the videos profile bilingual professionals whose language ability led them to exciting careers. You can learn more about the videos at: http://www.speakyourlanguages.com Highline Public Schools educators are also piloting a Student Interpreter program where bilingual students train for a semester and then provide interpreting services to the schools and community. It was this project that led to the development of the Speak YOUR Languages videos to encourage students to work hard to improve their language skills. If you are interested in the Student Interpreter program and its associated training course, the Highline Public Schools would like to learn more about your organization and your interest in this project. E-mail them at speakyourlanguages@hsd401.org and they will respond with additional information. McGinnis, S. Electronic resource: "Speak YOUR Language." Heritage List. heritage-list@Majordomo.umd.edu (17 Jan. 2006). |
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| Inputdate | 2006-01-19 13:30:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2006-01-19 13:30:00 |
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| Publishdate | 2006-01-23 00:00:00 |
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