http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/heritage-language Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 03 May 2026 15:07:01 -0400 Sun, 03 May 2026 15:07:01 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/17/reconstructing-bridges-heritage-language-education-of-asian-americans By Scott Berghegger - Language use is a major factor in defining one’s cultural identity. People learn slang, lingo, jargon, idiomatic phrases, and other language tools, and with them participate in a cultural, social environment in which they can thrive. For ethnic minorities, however, there is the additional problem of the “heritage language.” A heritage language refers to “any ancestral language such as indigenous, colonial, and immigrant languages, which may or may not be a language regularly used in the home and the community” (Kim, 2003). For Asian Americans, and in particular Asian... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:58 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/17/reconstructing-bridges-heritage-language-education-of-asian-americans