Language teaching colleagues from the University of Washington and around the state join together for our ninth symposium on working with heritage language learners.

Learn more at: https://depts.washington.edu/startalk/heritage_symposium_2023.php.

Download HL Symposium 2023 Flyer.

MULTILINGUAL TEACHING Keynote and Q&A: How can public schools support Heritage Languages and Heritage Language Learners?
by Ema Shirk, Supporting Heritage and Dual Language Programs | Dual Language Program Supervisor, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Exploratory Conversation around the notion of “Heritage Language”
by Ileana Marin, Ph.D., President, American Romanian Cultural Society

MULTILINGUAL RESEARCH Presentations by Members of the UW Committee on Teaching, Research, and Learning (CMTRL)

MULTILINGUAL LEARNING Presentations by the UW Language Learning Center STARTALK and GenCyber teams.

Find all the details and speaker bios at: https://depts.washington.edu/startalk/heritage_symposium_2023.php.

Cosponsors

University of Washington:
Asian Languages & Literature Department | BECA (Bilingual Educator CApacity) program | Center for Global Studies | Center for Spanish Heritage Learning | Center for West European Studies | Committee for Multilingual Teaching, Research, and Learning (CMTRL) | Education Office of the Embassy of Spain in the United States and Canada | Herbert J. Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) | Language Learning Center | UW STARTALK Program | UW (Seattle) GenCyber Program | Master of Arts for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages | Slavic Languages and Literatures Department | Spanish & Portuguese Studies Department | Speech and Hearing Sciences | UW Chinese Flagship Program

Additional Agencies and Organizations:
Alliance Française de Seattle | American Romanian Cultural Society | Avant Assessment | Association of Bulgarian Schools in America (ABSA) | Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools | Ethnic Heritage Council | Global Seal of Biliteracy | One World Now | Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) Language Resource Center | Slavic East European Teachers Association of Washington (SEETAW) | Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT) | Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)

Information and Resources from Previous Years:

• 2022 Heritage Language Symposium at the UW
• 2021 Heritage Language Symposium at the UW
• 2020 Heritage Language Symposium at the UW
• 2019 Heritage Language Symposium at the UW
• 2018 Heritage Language Symposium at the UW
• 2016 World Language Summit: The High School to College Connection | Flyer
• 2015 Heritage Language Symposium at the UW
• 2014 Heritage Language Symposium at the UW