G. Richard Tucker
List of John Benjamins publications in which G. Richard Tucker is involved.
2006 Heritage language development: Understanding the roles of ethnic identity, schooling and community Heritage Language Development: Focus on East Asian Immigrants, Kondo-Brown, Kimi (ed.), pp. 89–126 | Article
This chapter examines the roles of: (a) ethnic identity, (b) participation in a Japanese heritage language (JHL) school, and (c) the perceived vitality of the local Japanese community in California in promoting learners’ proficiency in Japanese. Questionnaires were given to 31 JHL learners, from… read more
2001 The genesis of a district-wide Spanish FLES program: A collaborative achievement New Perspectives and Issues in Educational Language Policy: In honour of Bernard Dov Spolsky, Cooper, Robert L., Elana Shohamy and Joel Walters (eds.), pp. 235–259 | Article
In this paper, we describe the systematic planning and subsequent implementation of a new system-wide Spanish program at the primary level in one of the school districts in suburban Pittsburgh, PA. We discuss the steps involved in selecting the target language — involving community, teacher, and… read more
1997 Developing a Language-Competent American Society: Implications of the English-Only Movement Perspectives on Foreign Language Policy: Studies in honor of Theo van Els, Bongaerts, Theo and Kees de Bot (eds.), pp. 89–98 | Article
1990 An Overview of Applied Linguistics Learning, Keeping and Using Language: Selected papers from the Eighth World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Sydney, 16–21 August 1987, Halliday, M.A.K. †, John Gibbons and Howard Nicholas (eds.), pp. 1–5 | Article
1985 A Research Agenda for the Profession: Issues and Priorities Scientific and Humanistic Dimensions of Language: Festschrift for Robert Lado, Jankowsky, Kurt R. (ed.), pp. 595–604 | Article