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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) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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STARTALK & Heritage Languages in the United States
2010 ACTFL
Shuhan Wang, PhDCo-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
Student Teacher Combined TOTALArabic 19 13 1 33Chinese 47 37 7 91Dari 0 4 0 4Hindi 12 8 0 20Persian 3 6 0 9Russian 0 6 0 6Swahili 3 3 0 6Turkish 2 3 0 5Urdu 3 5 0 8
2010 Enrollments
Language Students Teachers TotalArabic 603 263 866Chinese 3026 1401 4427Dari 0 2 2Hindi 386 80 466Persian 132 50 182Russian 0 44 44Swahili 27 11 38Turkish 31 15 46Urdu 39 15 54Total 4244 1881 6125
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 exposureSTARTALK
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: 2011
• 10 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
http://www.startalk.umd.edu
Shuhan Wang swang@nflc.org
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