BCS Heritage Learners Survey

1. Background

Please help me to improve Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian heritage language (HL) instruction by telling us about yourself in this anonymous survey. (A heritage language learner has been raised in a home where a non-English language is spoken and who is able to communicate in that language and in English.)

Please allow about 20 minutes for this survey.

This survey is a modified version of a general Heritage Learners Survey authored by Maria Carreira and Olga Kagan.

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* 1. How do you call your heritage language (HL)?

bosanski/Bosnian

hrvatski/Croatian

srpski/Serbian

crnogorski/Montenegrin

naš jezik/our language

srpskohrvatski/Serbo-Croatian

Other (please specify)

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* 2. I am currently:

high school student

community college student

undergraduate university student

graduate university student

not in school

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* 3. If you are still a student, please provide the name of your school

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* 4. What is your gender?

Male

Female

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* 5. Age

17-19

20-22

23-25

25-30

30+

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* 6. Highest degree reached

High School

Community College

University - Undegraduate

University - Advanced

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Plese provide the name of the school you graduated from

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* 8. If you are currently a college student or you graduated from a college, what is/was your major:

Accounting

Anthropology

Art

Asian Languages

Biochemistry

Biology

Business

Business Economics

Chicana and Chicano Studies

Chinese Studies

Classical Civilization

Communication studies

Criminal Justice

Economics

Education

Electrical Engineering

English

French

Developmental Studies

Geography

History

Liberal Studies

Mathematics

Microbiology, Immunology, Molecular genetics

Music

Philosophy

Physiological Science

Political science

Psychobiology

Psychology/cognitive science

Public Affairs

Public Health

Sociology

Spanish

Undeclared

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Do you live with your parents?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Where were you born?

United States

Bosnia

Croatia

Serbia

Montenegro

Another Country (please specify)

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* 11. If you were not born in the U.S., how old were you when you arrived in this country?

Doesn't apply, I was born in the U.S.

younger than 2

2-5 years old

6 -10 years old

11-13 years old

14-18 years old

older than 18

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* 12. If you were not born in the U.S., how old were you when you left your country of birth?

Doesn't apply, I was born in the U.S.

younger than 2

2-5 years old

6 -10 years old

11-13 years old

14-18 years old

older than 18

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* 13. If you attended school in the country of your heritage language?

Doesn't apply, I was born in the U.S.

Yes

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* 14. If you attended school in the country of your heritage language, how many years did you attend school there?

I have not attended school in another country

1-2 years

3-5 years

6-8 years

9-12 years

more than 12 years

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Have you traveled to a country where your HL is predominantly spoken?

No, I have never been to one.

Yes, I have been to one once or twice.

Yes, I have been to one a total 3-5 times.

Yes, at least once a year.

Other (please specify)

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* 16. What language do you speak most of the time?

English

My HL language

A combination of English and my HL

Other (please specify)

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* 17. What language(s) do you speak at home with your parents/family?

English

My HL language

A combination of English and my HL

Other (please specify)

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* 18. What language(s) do you speak with your friends?

English

My HL language

A combination of English and my HL

Other (please specify)

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* 19. What language did you use most at the following periods in your life?

	English	HL	Both
0-5 years old	0-5 years old English	0-5 years old HL	0-5 years old Both
6-12 years old	6-12 years old English	6-12 years old HL	6-12 years old Both
13-18 years old	13-18 years old English	13-18 years old HL	13-18 years old Both
18+ years old	18+ years old English	18+ years old HL	18+ years old Both

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* 20. In addition to English and your HL what other languages do you speak or have you studied? (Check as many as apply)

Chinese

French

German

Italian

Japanese

Latin

Russian

Spanish

Other (please specify)

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* 21. Have you studied your heritage language at community/church/mosque school?

No, never

Yes, for 1 year or less

Yes, for 1-2 years

Yes, for 2-3 years

Yes, for 3-4 years

Yes, more than 4 years

Other (please specify)

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* 22. My parents' attitude toward the HL in my formative years could best be described as follows:

They insisted that I should speak my HL at all times

They left the decision about my HL to me but they encouraged its use

They did not in any way influence my use of my HL

Other (please specify)

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* 23. Please rate your heritage language abilities:

	none	low	intermediate	advanced	native-like
Listening	Listening none	Listening low	Listening intermediate	Listening advanced	Listening native-like
Speaking	Speaking none	Speaking low	Speaking intermediate	Speaking advanced	Speaking native-like
Reading	Reading none	Reading low	Reading intermediate	Reading advanced	Reading native-like
Writing	Writing none	Writing low	Writing intermediate	Writing advanced	Writing native-like

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* 24. Please rate your English language abilities:

	none	low	intermediate	advanced	native-like
Listening	Listening none	Listening low	Listening intermediate	Listening advanced	Listening native-like
Speaking	Speaking none	Speaking low	Speaking intermediate	Speaking advanced	Speaking native-like
Reading	Reading none	Reading low	Reading intermediate	Reading advanced	Reading native-like
Writing	Writing none	Writing low	Writing intermediate	Writing advanced	Writing native-like

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* 25. Does your family want you to maintain your HL?

Yes

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* 26. How do you self-identify? (e.g. American, Bosnian-American, Bosnian, Croatian-American, Croatian, Serbian-American, Serbian, Montenegrin-American, Montenegrin, Yugoslav, South-Slavic, Slavic-American, Slavic, etc.)

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* 27. Do you intend to teach your children your HL?

Yes