STARTALK & Heritage Languages in the United States 2010 ACTFL Shuhan Wang, PhD Co-Principal Investigator, STARTALK November 20, 2010.

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STARTALK & Heritage Languages in the United States 2010 ACTFL Shuhan Wang, PhD Co-Principal Investigator, STARTALK November 20, 2010

STARTALK Part of the National Security Language Initiative (NSLI) Summer programs for students and teachers in critical languages Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Persian, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu Will continue through 2013

2010: 134 Programs

2010 Enrollments

1835: A language story 1122: Having some exposure to STLK TL 535: Studied but not a home language 587: TL spoken at home 460: As a NL or learned from parents 68: Study in school but parents & adults speak it 59: Never learned TL but parents/adults speak it 704: No exposure STARTALK Students

Who are STARTALK teacher trainees? 2009 Data 19% list English as their native language 91% were born outside the US 51% were over the age of 40 86% are female 53% had advanced degrees in different fields (48% have a master’s degree) 20% certified to teach the language; 54% plan to become certified

What did instructors/ teacher trainees want? More time to prep classroom More information on standards Background on US student culture Differentiated classrooms Assessment Culture Technology

STARTALK as Resources: Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Persian, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, and Portuguese. Funding is expected to increase slightly.

Teacher Development Materials Collection 10 Teacher Training Videos 12 Multimedia Teacher Workshops Collection of Curriculum Plans and Resources Online Curriculum Guide Resource Lists Fieldtrip Paper and Guide

Consortium of National Language Program Databases Funded under STARTALK NFLC collaborates with the Center for Applied Linguistics to build the specifications of the database Invite partnering networks that collect databases, particularly heritage language groups

Shuhan Wang