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Studying Abroad in Mexico with Mexican Ancestry: Desiring to Be "One of Ours"
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Nydia Martínez; Gina Mikel Petrie; Catherine Nolan-Ferrell – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study counters the popular assumption that Spanish Heritage Language Learners (SHLLs) on study abroad (SA) in a place of cultural origin can easily adapt and find acceptance due to the linguistic and cultural resources they bring with them. Our study builds on previous work to illustrate a more nuanced and complex story of desires for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Spanish, Native Language
Reviewing Experiences in Language (Re)Vitalisation: Recent Undertakings in the Media and the Arts
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Farfán, José Antonio Flores; Cru, Josep – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
In this paper we provide a critical account of selected key linguistic and cultural revitalisation experiences in Mexico. For this aim, the project entitled Proyecto de Revitalización, Mantenimiento y Desarrollo Lingüístico y Cultural (Linguistic and Cultural Revitalisation, Maintenance and Development Project), which has been developed for over…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Cultural Maintenance, Mexicans, Program Descriptions
Bilingual Youth's Language Choices and Attitudes towards Nahuatl in Santiago Tlaxco, Mexico
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Gomashie, Grace A. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
The younger generations are considered one of the principal agents in the maintenance or shift of any language. In the cycle of the language maintenance, children learn their mother tongue, and pass it on to the future generations. The cycle is broken when they no longer speak the mother tongue. The language choices they make are particularly…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Usage, Spanish, Language Attitudes
Perceived Institutional Support among Young Indigenous and Mestizo Students from Chiapas (México): A Group Vitality Approach
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Esteban-Guitart, Moisès; Viladot, Maria Àngels; Giles, Howard – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
Ethnolinguistic Vitality Theory (EVT) asserts that status, demographic and institutional support (IS) factors make up the vitality of ethnolinguistic groups within intergroup relations. Specifically, IS factor refers to the extent to which a language group enjoys representation in the various institutions of a society, in particular, mass media,…
Descriptors: Intergroup Relations, Ethnic Groups, Indigenous Populations, Community Support
Cross-Cultural Differences in Polite Epistemic Modal Use in American English.
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Youmans, Madeleine – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2001
Compared the use of selected epistemic modals in the English speech of Chicano barrio residents and Anglo visitors to the community. Transcribed conversations served as the database. Discusses the epistemic modal functions used the most disparately between groups. Differences are shown to relate to cross-culturally different uses of epistemic…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Language Usage
A Cross-Cultural Study of Mexico and the United States: Perceived Roles of Teachers.
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Nelson, Gayle; Lutenbacher, Cindy; Lopez, Maria Elena – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2001
Investigated one area that may affect Mexicans' performance in American schools: cultural differences in appropriate school behavior. Interview data were collected from 40 students and 20 teachers in Mexico in Spanish by native Spanish speakers, and from 20 native English-speaking students, 20 Mexican English-as-a-Second-Language students, 20…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)