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Choosing a "Standard" Variety of Spanish for the Instruction of Native Spanish Speakers in the U.S.
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Villa, Daniel J. – Foreign Language Annals, 1996
Discusses the different varieties of Spanish, the decision of which variety to teach to native speakers, and the concept of a "standard" usage. Basing the decision on sociolinguistic research, this article proposes a spoken and written variety of Spanish to be employed in teaching native speakers in the United States. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Language Research, Language Variation, Native Language Instruction