BILINGUAL AND HERITAGE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS

The Minnesota Humanities Center’s bilingual and heritage language programs focuses on preserving heritage languages while improving early literacy development, specifically among families. The Humanities Center’s work in this area:

• connects educators to existing resources that enhance language development,
• offers professional development on oral traditions and the relationship between language and culture, and
• collaborates with community representatives to develop new culturally and linguistically appropriate resources.

The Humanities Center’s current work in bilingual and heritage languages focuses on language and literacy programs for educators who work with Somali, Hmong, Dakota, and Ojibwe speakers.