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Direct linkLoewen, Donald – Heritage Language Journal, 2008
Heritage language learners soon learn that their verbal competence can be both a blessing and a burden. Reliance on aural cues can provide significant interference in attempts to master spelling conventions. Now, an unlikely source--the Russian-language internet--threatens to provide negative reinforcement for the very spelling habits that…
Descriptors: Cues, Spelling, Heritage Education, Interference (Language)
