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Waldvogel, Dieter A. – Hispania, 2021
The United States is undergoing a political tug-of-war between globalism and nationalism with world language education caught in the middle of this sociopolitical debate. The current political trend towards nationalism and isolationism is rendering world language education vulnerable to further cuts. This article discusses why it is vital for the…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Global Approach, Nationalism
Sánchez-López, Lourdes – Hispania, 2019
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (DFLL) at University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) is home to a pioneer program in Spanish for the Professions and Specific Purposes (SPSP) in US higher education. For the last two decades (2000-18), its Spanish curricula have been carefully experimenting and evolving to adjust to the societal…
Descriptors: Spanish, Languages for Special Purposes, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development
Vasconcelos, Ricardo – Hispania, 2020
Portuguese is the fifth most-spoken language in the world, with about 260 million speakers (and growing to an expected 400 million by 2050), the third most spoken in the West, the most widely spoken in the Southern Hemisphere, an official language in 9 countries and other regions. It is present in Europe, South America, Africa, and parts of Asia.…
Descriptors: Portuguese, Spanish, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Ardemagni, Enrica – Hispania, 2019
The Department of World Languages and Cultures (WLAC), housed in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, has been through a series of transitions over the last twenty years due to university structural changes, but mostly because of curricular needs. Originally there were three separate departments, French, Spanish and German, as each of these core…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Certification
Sack, William; Maggin, Sherry; Miller, Zachary F. – Hispania, 2021
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, undergraduate institution that educates and trains its students (cadets) to become future leaders in the US Army officer corps. The Department of Foreign Languages (DFL) at West Point plays an integral role in developing cadets' cultural and linguistic competencies in preparation for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Military Training, Universities, Languages for Special Purposes
Morris, Kimberly; Brougham, Rose Marie – Hispania, 2021
World language classrooms in the United States have been significantly impacted by the physical and ideological disruptions experienced in recent history. Such disruptive times call for the reform of pedagogical practices to raise awareness of social justice issues and ignite real change both in and out of language classrooms. This essay outlines…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Curriculum Development, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning
Perrone, Charles A. – Hispania, 2016
This article briefly describes Fred P. Ellison's ground breaking contributions in Brazilian literary studies in North America. Further, his key role in the development of Brazilian Portuguese language instruction is highlighted, along with the numerous scholarly connections he made in the the field of Luso-Brazilian Studies.
Descriptors: Latin American Literature, Portuguese, Second Language Instruction, Latin American Culture
Fernandes, Eugênia Magnólia da Silva – Hispania, 2021
Based on practical reflections on the role of language educators and Portuguese language learners in diasporic communities in the state of California, this short-form article shares academic contributions from the Luso-Brazilian Studies Program at the University of California, Davis, to underrepresented groups in Lusophone communities amidst the…
Descriptors: Portuguese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Transformative Learning
Waldvogel, Dieter A.; de Souza, Ismênia Sales – Hispania, 2017
Brazil's meteoric rise as Latin America's economic superpower has prompted the United States government to reassess its strategic vision of South America and its relationship with Brazil. The next generation of US economic, business, political, and military leaders will likely be faced with a South American landscape heavily dominated by Brazil.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Portuguese
Smith, Andrea Meador; Campbell, Sarah Cox – Hispania, 2015
Addressing the underrepresentation of films by female directors in Spanish language and culture classes, this work proposes the inclusion of two films, Chus Gutiérrez's "Retorno a Hansala" (2008) and Icíar Bollaín's "También la lluvia" (2010), in the curriculum of advanced or upper-level Spanish courses. Both films expand…
Descriptors: Films, Social Distance, Spanish, Second Language Learning
Postma, Regan L. – Hispania, 2013
This article discusses what is at stake in teaching works written in "Spanglish" in Spanish departments and what teaching such works might mean for students and the scholarly community at large. This article primarily comes out of the author's experiences teaching "Spanglish" works in Spanish courses at a major research…
Descriptors: Spanish, English, Code Switching (Language), Hispanic American Literature
Jorge, Ethel – Hispania, 2010
It is gratifying to see that the two Modern Languages Association (MLA) reports, "Foreign Language and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World" and "Report to the Teagle Foundation on the Undergraduate Major in Language and Literature," address important issues regarding the improvement of language teaching in the…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Instruction, Experimental Teaching, Small Colleges
Carvalho, Ana M.; Freire, Juliana Luna; da Silva, Antonio J. B. – Hispania, 2010
Portuguese is the sixth-most-spoken native language in the world, with approximately 240,000,000 speakers. Within the United States, there is a growing demand for K-12 language programs to engage the community of Portuguese heritage speakers. According to the 2000 U.S. census, 85,000 school-age children speak Portuguese at home. As a result, more…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Metalinguistics, Spanish Speaking
Lear, Darcy; Abbott, Annie – Hispania, 2009
The growing importance of Spanish in the U.S. has generated an impressive growth in the number of university Spanish programs that offer community service learning. However, students' and community partners' misaligned expectations can create tensions and problems in these programs. Instructors must make a special effort to articulate and align…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Spanish, Language Proficiency, Expectation

Suarez, Joe I. – Hispania, 1990
Explores factors affecting the successful maintenance of a college-level Portuguese language program, focusing on expansion of course offerings, cooperation with other foreign language programs, responding to student interests, and hiring and retaining instructional staff. (CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Portuguese, Second Language Instruction