Heritage Language Academy: impacting families and children in culturally relevant ways
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Heritage Language Academy: impacting families and children
in culturally relevant ways
Jordi and Josie RomanAsheboro City Schools
HLA.
History• Joint collaboration Between UNCG’s TESOL for
ALL program and ACS• 3rd year @ Donna Lee Loflin Elementary• 1st year @ Guy B. Teachey• Eight Saturdays from 9.30 to 11.30am• “Parents as Teachers” component added this
year
Mission of the Heritage Language Academy
Provide students with tools to increase literacy in the native language ( Spanish) and in English
Missions of the Heritage Language Academy
To provide HLA parents with the skills/ tools to understand their children’s curriculum and to become partners in learning 21st century skills.
3rd GEnglish/ Spanish
Parents as Teachers
Computer Class
K-3 Enrichment
HLA
3rd GEnglish/ Spanish
HLA
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HL learners(Valdés 2000, Carreira & Kagan 2007)
• Have good oral comprehension of the language• May be able to speak the language to different
degrees• Have good pronunciation• Have lexical gaps• Make grammatical errors• Poor to minimal reading and writing skills• Self-identify with their ethnic community• Have a strong interest in learning more about their
language
In Action
The Teacher Factor
The Text Factor
Transferability Factor
Parent as Teachers
HLA
Practice
scaffold
monitor
Replicate Classroom
Activities
support
AwarenessUS Latin America
Computer Class
HLA
Curriculum
Web Search
Basic skills
K-3 EnrichmentHLA
Parent Time
structured
Flexible
3rd GEnglish/ Spanish
Parent as Teachers
Computer Class
K-3 Enrichment
HLA
Reflection
Self -Advocacy Sustainability Expansion improvement
What do they think?
Special Thanks to :Dr. LevinDr. JaneDr. PratterDr. Frost Dr. HarperMrs. VanderburghMrs. CallTeachers, Parents and Students
Thank you