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5 - Characterising Minority and Heritage Language Education

from Part I - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 December 2025

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Guofang Li ,
Zhen Lin  and
Senyao Shen
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Piotr Romanowski
Piotr Romanowski
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University of Warsaw
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The fragility of heritage languages (HL) and the challenges immigrant minority learners had in maintaining their home linguistic and cultural assets have been long detected in existing research, calling for more attention toward immigrants’ HL maintenance and education in non-HL-speaking societies. To respond to the call and better understand the status quo of HL preservation, the chapter provides an overview of research developments, pedagogical innovations, and persistent issues salient to heritage language education for K-12 students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds in both mainstream school settings and out-of-school contexts during the previous decade (2012–2022). The chapter highlights several critical factors that contribute to the prevalent heritage language loss including the ‘officially unilingual’ ideology, the absence of heritage/home languages and cultures in the mainstream curriculum, and the lack of collaboration between mainstream and HL schools and families. The chapter concludes with future directions for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners devoted to HL education and preservation.

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heritage language educationminority languagesbi/multilingualismK-12 immigrant students

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