Title Mi lengua : Spanish as a heritage language in the United States, research and practice / Ana Roca and M. Cecilia Colombi, editors

Published Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2003] ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 305 pages) Contents Insights from research and practice in Spanish as a heritage language, Spanish as a heritage language : theoretical considerations / M. Cecilia Colombi and Ana Roca -- Toward a theory of heritage language acquisition : Spanish in the United States / Andrew Lynch -- Profiles of SNS students in the twenty-first century : pedagogical implications of changing demographics and social status of U.S. hispanics / María Carreira -- Un enfoque funcional para la enseñanza del lenguaje expositivo / M. Cecilia Colombi La enseñanza del español en Nueva México : revitalización o eradicación de la variedad chicana? community and classroom-based research studies / Ysaura Bernal-Enriquez and Eduardo Hernández Chávez -- "Spanish in my blood" : children's Spanish language development in dual immersion programs / Ernerstina Pesina Hernández, Hinako Takahashi-Breines and Rebecca Blum-Martinez -- Minority perspectives on language : Mexican and Mexican-American adolescents' attitudes towards Spanish and English / Karen Beckstead and Almeida Jacqueline Toribio META : a model for continued acquisition of Spanish by Spanish/English bilinguals in the United States / Roberto Luis Carrasco and Florencia Riegelhaupt -- La enseñanza del español a los hispanohablantes bilingües y su efecto en la producción oral / Marta Fairclough y N. Ariana Mrak -- Academic registers in Spanish in the U.S. : a study of oral texts produced by bilingual speakers in a university graduate program / Mariana Achugar -- No me suena! heritage Spanish speakers' writing strategies / Ana María Schwartz -- Navegando a través del registro formal : curso para hispanohablantes bilingües / Rebeca Acevedo Summary An increasing number of U.S. Latinos are seeking to become more proficient in Spanish. The Spanish they may have been exposed to in childhood may not be sufficient when they find themselves as adults in more demanding environments, academic or professional. Heritage language learners appear in a wide spectrum of proficiency, from those who have a low level of speaking abilities, to those who may have a higher degree of bilingualism, but not fluent. Whatever the individual case may be, these heritage speakers of Spanish have different linguistic and pedagogical needs than those students learning Spanish as a second or foreign language. The members of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) have identified teaching heritage learners as their second greatest area of concern (after proficiency testing). Editors Ana Roca and Cecilia Colombi saw a great need for greater availability and dissemination of scholarly research in applied linguistics and pedagogy that address the development and maintenance of Spanish as a heritage language and the teaching of Spanish to U.S. Hispanic bilingual students in grades K-16. The result is Mi lengua: Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States. Mi lengua delves into the research, theory, and practice of teaching Spanish as a heritage language in the United States. The editors and contributors examine theoretical considerations in the field of Heritage Language Development (HLD) as well as community and classroom-based research studies at the elementary, secondary, and university levels. Some chapters are written in Spanish and each chapter presents a practical section on pedagogical implications that provides practice-related suggestions for the teaching of Spanish as a heritage language to students from elementary grades to secondary and college and university levels Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English and Spanish text Print version record Subject Spanish language -- Study and teaching -- United States Spanish language -- Acquisition Education, Bilingual -- United States Hispanic Americans -- Education LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General. Education, Bilingual Hispanic Americans -- Education Spanish language -- Acquisition Spanish language -- Study and teaching Spaans. Spaanse Amerikanen. Tweetaligheid. United States Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book Author Roca, Ana Colombi, María Cecilia, 1955- LC no. 2002014712 ISBN 9781589019034 1589019032

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