2A. Background text on the challenges of HLT
Selin Öndül, Rita Tuggener 1. Introduction What kinds of challenges are faced by HLT instructors? The detailed answer to this question will vary from one host country to another, depending on the state of integration into the …
Read more2B. Practice section: Reports on the challenges faced by HLT teachers
1. Violeta Brakus: what kinds of problems are faced by HLT instructors; how do I deal with these problems myself? Violeta Brakus hails from Serbia. She teaches in French-speaking Switzerland (Lausanne, Crissier, Clarens, Leysin, Neuchâtel) in …
Read more2C. Ideas for the discussion about the challenges of HLT
In chapter 2 A.6 the HLT instructors‘ own integration into the immigration country has justifiably been described as a considerable challenge (separation from the home country, apartment hunting, orientation in the context of the …
Read moreTable of Contents
- Preface to the series “Materials for heritage language teaching”
- Concerning the handbook and workbook “Foundations and backgrounds”
- Acknowledgements
- Ι. Heritage language teaching (HLT): character, specifics, goals, challenges
- II. Key issues of current pedagogy, didactics and methodology from the perspective of the host countries
- 3. Key aspects of good teaching: a summary overview
- 4. Key issues of pedagogy in the host countries: overarching “ideological” points of consensus
- 5. Key aspects of current pedagogy in the host countries: education and school related considerations
- 6. Key aspects of current didactics and methodology in the host countries: selecting adequate teaching and learning methods
- 7. Key aspects of current didactics and methodology in the host countries: educationally-oriented performance evaluation
- 8. Key aspects of current didactics and methodology in the host countries: comprehensive language promotion
- III. HLT - specific focal points
- IV. Info-section: background, problem areas
- 13. HLT in various host countries and linkage with their school systems: overview, facts, models
- 14. Professional development of HLT instructors: needs, models
- 15. Studies on the effectiveness of heritage language teaching – state of research, research problems, need for research
- 16. Conclusion: optimal HLT instruction - a vision for the future
- Authors referenced in Part A