heritage learner

[ her-i-tij lur-ner ]

noun

a person who is studying a language used by their family which they did not fully acquire in childhood because of the limited contexts of their exposure to it: Some heritage learners of Arabic may already be comfortable speaking but seek classes to learn to read and write.

Origin of heritage learner

¹

First recorded in 1985–90 as heritage language learner

Also called her·it·age lan·guage learn·er [her-i-tij lang-gwij lur-ner] /ˈhɛr ɪ tɪdʒ ˌlæŋ gwɪdʒ ˌlɜr nər/ .

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