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Constructing Arabic As Heritage: Investment In Language, Literacy, And Identity Among Young U.S. Learners, Amanda L. Temples
Constructing Arabic As Heritage: Investment In Language, Literacy, And Identity Among Young U.S. Learners, Amanda L. Temples
Applied Linguistics and English as a Second Language Dissertations
The numbers of learners studying Arabic in the U.S. have increased more than any other language over the last ten years. As a critical language, important for strategic political and economic reasons, Arabic has received considerable support from the Departments of State and Education (Jackson & Malone, 2009; Wiley, 2007). However, Arabic is also a prominent heritage language, important for cultural and interpersonal reasons to the families and communities who speak it and for whom it is a binding force (Fishman, 2001; Van Deusen-Scholl, 2003). Nevertheless, research on learners of Arabic and their learning processes is still very limited.
Existing …