Hindi Heritage Language Learners' Performance during OPIs: Characteristics and Pedagogical Implications

Autor/in	Ilieva, Gabriela Nik.
Titel	Hindi Heritage Language Learners' Performance during OPIs: Characteristics and Pedagogical Implications
Quelle	In: Heritage Language Journal, 9 (2012) 2, S.18-36 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1550-7076
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Indo European Languages; Second Language Learning; Oral Language; Language Proficiency; Language Tests; Interviews; Grammar; Language Patterns; Code Switching (Language); Student Characteristics; Heritage Education; Second Language Instruction; Native Language Instruction; New York; ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Indoeuropäisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Language test; Sprachtest; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Grammatik; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht
Abstract	The present paper examines the oral performance of Hindi language learners during practice Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPI) conducted during workshops hosted by New York University and sponsored by STARTALK. The most salient characteristics of the heritage language learners' output are compared with the output of foreign language learners who are rated similarly at the Intermediate Mid or Intermediate High level on the ACTFL scale. The paper's focus is on patterns of grammar and discourse strengths and deficiencies, as well as elaboration of topics and code-mixing in relation to students' background. Pedagogical implications are discussed with reference to teaching strategies that address the differences in the language abilities of the heritage versus foreign language learners of Hindi. (Contains 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10