@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {11612},
      author = {Gavriilidou, Zoe and Mitsiaki, Maria and Mitits, Lydia},
      title = {Strengthening Heritage Greek Vitality in the United States  through a Community-Based Curriculum},
      journal = {Heritage Language Journal},
      address = {2023-12-20},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {Sustainability of Greek as a heritage language in the  United States is at stake at present due to the low rates  of intergenerational transmission among its speakers,  declining immigration from Greece and Cyprus, shortage of  specialized teachers, lack of instructional time,  old-fashioned teaching methods, and limited opportunities  for using the language. This paper builds on the Capacity  Development, Opportunity Creation, and Desire (COD)  framework (Grin, 2003; Lo Bianco, 2008, Lo Bianco & Peyton,  2013) and elaborates on how a new community-based  curriculum (Gavriilidou & Mitsiaki, 2022) can enable  heritage Greek vitality by (a) developing capacity through  proficiency- based learning (ACTFL, 2012) in formal and  informal settings by laying the emphasis on all registers  and linguistic varieties in terms of meaning and form; (b)  creating opportunities for actual Greek heritage language  use through engagement in community, school, and family  contexts; and (c) enhancing motivation and desire to use  heritage Greek through cognitively challenging content and  experiential learning.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/11612},
}